Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Raffaella Petrini has been appointed as the first female President of the Vatican City State becoming the governor of the ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

From Vatican City to the Queen City, prayers are being said for the recovery of Pope Francis, who is currently in critical ...

Pope Francis had a "peaceful night" on Saturday, after recovering from a coughing fit. The news came in a Holy See press office update issued on the 88-year-old's condition Sunday morning.

Vatican City — Pope Francis remained in ... could be heard spoken — was "a big sign of comfort" for the Catholic Church. A couple of Catholic tourists from Chicago, who arrived holding ...

Led by Monsignor Roberto Campisi, Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, the commission’s main task is to promote fundraising campaigns among Catholic faithful, bishops ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.