The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying ...

Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Febraury 28 at 8pm Rome time. The 85-year old German pontiff made his announcement in Latin to cardinals, who were gathered in Rome to vote on the proclamation of new ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not apply if he is sick or even unconscious. And there are no specific norms ...

SHOTLIST: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, February 11, 2013, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 : Vox pop (man) (French, 6 sec): "He is the head of the church, he was supposed to lead his people until the end." [In ...