Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

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 ...

Pope Francis issued a new message from the hospital as Vatican officials begged him to let his voice be heard after ...