The Vatican said that Monday’s two crises were caused by a significant accumulation of mucus in his bronchial tubes.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said. The ...

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

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Reporting from Rome, Fox News' Lauren Green writes that papal historian Austen Ivereigh is trying to dispel rumors that Pope Francis might resign amid his current health crisis.

Pope Francis has released a notable message to the world from his hospital bed in Italy. Pope spoke from Rome’s Gemelli ...

Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, ...

Pope Francis remained in stable condition and didn’t need any mechanical ventilation on Sunday, the Vatican said.

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

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

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...