The pope has been informed of the "many initiatives to pray for him," and he remains in good spirits, the statement said. However, it has sparked the question of how will the next ...

America also reported that a Vatican source said Pope Francis is stable, but the prognosis is guarded, which means he's not ...

The color of the smoke that emits from the chimney will announce whether they elected a new pope or not: Black smoke for no, white smoke for yes. When they do elect a new pope, a College of ...

On Monday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure due to accumulated mucus in his lungs. The Holy See has confirmed that the Pope's clinical ...

March 13, 2025, marks Francis' 12th anniversary as pope. He holds the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

Over a billion Catholics worldwide and a million in the Archdiocese of Atlanta ushered in the start of Lent while Pope Francis remained hospitalized in a precarious condition.

Once a decision is reached, the ballots are set alight once more, this time with a substance that produces white smoke, indicating to the world that a new Pope has been elected. Prior to the ...

Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit – or these men’s consciences – will ...

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

Swedish papal metal act Ghost will return with a new album, Skeletá, this April, with a newly anointed pope as frontman ... that with just a few plumes of smoke our PERPETUAL state of anticipatio ...

a different chemical is mixed with the burnt ballots to create white smoke. Since the 1800s, it has taken an average of 22 days from the resignation or death of the previous pope to name a new ...