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 ...

For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said ...

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

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for ...

The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

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

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

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.