Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...

Follow live updates on Pope Francis as 88-year-old pontiff remains in a critical condition at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Pope Francis, who remains in critical condition and hospitalized as he battles pneumonia in both lungs, was elected pope on ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican Secretary of State to approve new decrees for sainthood and schedule a formal meeting to ...

Catholic leader has packed the College of Cardinals – responsible for the papal vote after his death – with men in his own ...

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday, with his blood parameters remaining stable and no new respiratory ...

The Vatican also released Francis' message for Lent, which runs from March 5 to April 17. The message, dated Feb. 6, ...

In his recent autobiography, "Hope," Pope Francis addresses a prayer to ... that he would not hesitate to renounce his office, like Benedict XVI, if he no longer felt capable of carrying out ...

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...