Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues ...
Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...
Pope Francis intends to convene a consistory, a cardinal meeting, at the Vatican. There would be nothing unusual about this, ...
ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...
Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.
Pope Benedict XVI ’s resignation in 2013 marked a historic moment for the Catholic Church, making him the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to step down (the last was Gregory XII in 1415).
The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs, raised the possibility of ...