Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.
The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
As Pope Francis remains critically ill, students and faculty at the University of Dallas are praying for his healing.
His age and prolonged illness have raised questions about whether he might resign, and revived interest about how papal power ...
Bishop Daniel E. Thomas on Monday called for Catholics in Toledo to join in communion with others of the faith around the ...
Pope Francis was on the minds of everyone who came to mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood Sunday ...