When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...

Is the pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,” Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who has operated on the pope in the past, said ...

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Pope Francis is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia — but what is this condition, and why might the pope be ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols was born in Crosby and has been the head of the Catholic Church in England in Wales since 2009 ...

Candles with pictures of Pope Francis are laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square in June 2014. (Photo: Alfredo Borba/Wikimedia Commons) What can the pope represent for non-Catholic Christians? The question is worth asking ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

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