Discussions of succession scenarios have been accelerated by the pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia and warnings that he ...

Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April 2005, succeeding Pope John Paul II and his resignation opened the door for his successor, Pope Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.

Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April 2005, succeeding Pope John Paul II and his resignation opened the door for his successor, Pope Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.

On Sunday, another Vatican official, Cardinal Michael Czerny ... especially after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Here's what ...

The Leading Cardinal Candidates. Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal conclave, in which the College of Cardinals ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into ...

Another high-ranking prelate, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, said "everything is possible" when asked about a possible retirement. Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, resigned in 2013 after ...

The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some important milestones ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is diametrically opposed to the pope's views on nearly all ... and his predecessor Benedict XVI was 78. Burke was born in a rural town in Wisconsin, the youngest ...

The 67-year-old currently serves as the pro-prefect for the section of first evangelisation of the dicastery for evangelisation, having been made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. He has typically ...