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

Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ...

Recovery for the 88-year-old Holy Father “will certainly not be imminent,” Vatican officials cautioned, indicating a ...

Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...