and Gregory VI in 1046. Vatican officials subsequently released updates indicating that Pope Francis' condition is improving, albeit amid some concerns. On Thursday, the Pope was said to have ...

Due to political turmoil, it took more than two years to elect Pope Gregory X in 1271 ... It was not always this way. Pope Paul VI introduced the threshold in 1970 and it has remained so ever ...

But he’s on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII, perhaps best known for being the most recent pope to resign until Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2013. Gregory was 88 when he stepped down in ...

After the death of Gregory XI in 1378, the cardinals elected Pope Urban VI but soon regretted it. A few months later, they deposed him and elected a new pope. Catholics now had two popes ...

The pope rested peacefully overnight as he began his 27th consecutive day in the hospital Wednesday morning, the Vatican said ...