Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

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

The Holy Father was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 and has since been treated for respiratory infections, ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for ...

Pope Francis sent a message from the hospital after Vatican officials encouraged him to make his voice heard despite his ...

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

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

Despite hospitalization, Pope Francis meets with Vatican's secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints ...