Platforms like BetUS and Polymarket are now featuring odds on who might become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

The election of a new pope is a complex process involving hundreds of cardinals that can stretch up to weeks on end. But the ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

Pope Francis is on the mend, showing a slight improvement in his health, which has allowed him to welcome a visit from ...

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized, speculation intensifies over who could be the next leader of the Catholic Church ...