Pope Francis

As Pope Francis continues to receive care, the Archdiocese of Chicago welcomed five new bishops this week. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition as he continues to receive care. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome – still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide Roman Catholic church – millions of the devout are praying for his full recovery, but also wonder how a seamless transition will occur if he is unable to serve. NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie reports.

After Pope Francis was listed in critical condition following an asthmatic respiratory crisis, the Archbishop of Chicago discussed his decline in health, urging continued prayers for the pontiff.

Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.”

Pope Francis revealed that he has no intention of resigning in a new book whose excerpts were published by Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper on Thursday.

Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified.

In his New Year’s Day message, Pope Francis offered prayers for victims of conflicts around the world.

Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality.

The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes.

Pope Francis has presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican. But the pontiff said that he’s still unwell and he asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip.

Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip.

Pope Francis hosted a special lunch for more than 1,000 poor people to mark the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor. Among his guests Sunday were a community of trans women.

Pope Francis met with European rabbis on Monday and decried antisemitism, war and terrorism in a written speech he declined to read, saying he wasn’t feeling well.

Pope Francis is opening a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Progressives are hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles.