Questions and answers about the Pope’s situation remain one month into his hospital stay and given the precedent of Benedict ...

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

Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 with bilateral pneumonia, and it's making some question whether he'll step down from his duties.

A pope rarely resigned. Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. He was the first pope to relinquish office since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 because of the Western Schism. Benedict was ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in 2013 marked a historic moment for the Catholic Church, making him the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to step down (the last was Gregory XII in 1415).

The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that ...

The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for humanity, peace and respect for the dignity of all people.

Antipope Clement VII (1378–1394): A leading figure in the Western Schism, supported by France and other European monarchs against the legitimate Roman Pope. Antipope Benedict XIII (1394–1423 ...

“The pope is still alive,” said Alberto Melloni ... the decks appeared stacked in favor of the men who became Pius XII, Paul VI and Benedict XVI. Others have thrown curveballs.

The Holocaust, and Pius XII’s decision not to speak out directly ... By then, Ratzinger had become Pope Benedict XVI, succeeding John Paul II, who died in 2005. A German abuse-survivors ...