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.

ROME — Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a blood transfusion on Saturday.

Candles are seen near pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, where ...

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader ...

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As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...

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Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery ...

Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery ...

Vatican officials cleared his schedule through the weekend due a “complex” infection plaguing the 88-year-old pontiff.