As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, talk of the 88-year-old pontiff's death or ...

This afternoon, the French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseilles, 66, told a Vatican press conference, “I am not a doctor, but the most recent information is encouraging.” But, he said ...

He described the pope’s condition as complex but not critical. Similarly, French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline did not rule out the possibility of the pope resigning, citing speculation that ...

In its latest update, the Vatican reported that the 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed in his youth, had no further respiratory episodes after a day spent ...

But French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, who is tipped to be one of the contenders to replace Francis, said at a press conference that "everything is possible." Despite growing fears about his ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

This means that at the first consistory, the French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, should leave the office of cardinal protodeacon to ...

French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline also said that while “completely confident in the lucidity of the pope”, he would not rule out a resignation. “If he considers that it is the best thing for ...

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a retired prelate not known as close to the pope, suggested in a February 20 radio interview that Francis might renounce the papacy. French Cardinal Jean-Marc ...

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a retired prelate not known as close to the pope, suggested in a February 20 radio interview that Francis might renounce the papacy. French Cardinal Jean-Marc ...