The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...
Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...
Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin visited Pope Francis at the 10th-floor hospital of Gemelli Hospital in Rome on ...
Pope Francis on Monday received a visit from Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Substitute for ...
Last evening’s bulletin the doctors said, however, that, “as a precautionary measure,” they would still maintain a “reserved ...
The Vatican press office said Cardinal Parolin will lead a rosary for the pontiff in St. Peter's Square at 9 p.m. local time.