Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does the system actually work? View on euronews ...

New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan turns 75 Thursday, and is required to submit his resignation to the Vatican. The formality ...

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the eighth Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, on Monday, according to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Office for Communications.

All Catholic bishops are required to submit a letter of resignation when they reach 75 years of age, but recently Francis has ...

Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick ...

Pope Francis is suffering from bronchitis but plans to maintain his scheduled appointments in the coming days, the Vatican ...

Popes don’t do that. Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have sat on St Peter’s throne, had retired. If Francis had also, in view of his evident infirmity, decided to go ...

Thank you, Cardinal Gregory, for being the man you are, the priest you are, and the bishop you are. We have been blessed by ...

ROME (AP) — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench Thursday in some of the speculation about a future Sistine Chapel vote ...

India’s most prominent cardinal is standing down as Archbishop of Bombay, have reached the ago of 80 right before last ...

A recent article published by the Spanish newspaper El País reported an accusation of alleged sexual abuse against Peruvian ...

POPE Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones of Cebu as the new archbishop of Jaro, succeeding Archbishop ...