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

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

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ... named a new archbishop for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy. On Tuesday morning, the Vatican’s typically ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis has developed pneumonia ... Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Friday, had initially been diagnosed with a ...

I'm Ben Wedeman reporting from Rome. Hospitalized in critical condition ... named a new archbishop for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy.Francis ...

Hoang Phuc Nguyen, who lives in Canada but was visiting Rome to participate in a Holy ... for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy.

Hoang Phuc Nguyen, who lives in Canada but was visiting Rome to participate in a Holy ... for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy.