Pope Francis has suffered a serious setback in his two-week battle with double pneumonia. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The pope's death will automatically trigger a nine-day mourning period known as the Novendiale. Daily prayers and requiem ...

After a pope's death, the College of Cardinals have 20 days to elect a new pontiff, though they typically will do so within about two weeks of a pope's funeral.

Doctors said on Monday that Francis was no longer in imminent ... The pope’s body is dressed in a white cassock and brought to the pope’s private chapel. The cardinal chamberlain, camerlengo ...

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

With uncertainty on Pope Francis's health, a list of cardinals emerged ready to succeed him. The Catholic Church has an ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina ... having chosen a papal name (most likely one honoring a saint or predecessor) and donned a white cassock, steps out onto the balcony to give ...

The Catholic world was thrown into uncertainty earlier this month when Pope Francis was taken to hospital with a respiratory ...

The death of a pope, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, propels the Holy Roman Church into "its most dramatic moment of flux", said The New York Times. For that very reason ...

Pope Francis has been in a serious condition since being admitted to the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome on February 14.