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

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

Cardinal Baldassare Reina led the daily vigil Thursday in St. Peter’s Square to pray for Pope Francis. The pope continued to ...

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 ...

Pope Francis had an "isolated breathing crisis" in hospital on Friday, the Vatican said, in a setback as the 88-year-old ...

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

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, is in a stable ...

For the third week, Pope Francis missed leading the Angelus prayer at Saint Peter's Square as he battles with a lung illness.

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

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