Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues ...

ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis shared a message on social media Sunday as he remained hospitalized in critical condition with a complex lung ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who served as Bishop of the Dallas Catholic Diocese from 2007 to 2016, would hold an important role in selecting a new pope, if needed.

The churches' second oldest pope, Francis took on the role in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned due to age and declining health. Benedict was the first pope to step down from the position in ...