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

This was the pope's "third serious downturn" since he was admitted to Gemelli Polyclinic hospital with a complex respiratory ...

Pope Francis has stabilized enough after two respiratory crises to be taken off noninvasive mechanical ventilation and resume ...

Elisabetta Piqué, an Argentine journalist and friend of Pope Francis, has stated that he will not resign his papacy amid his ...

As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital since Feb. 14, the Vatican has been trying something ...

I was genuinely touched, and I found myself in tears during the prayer,” Chow told the Sunday Examiner, the official ...

Giuseppe Perazzo was one of the first to arrive outside the Gemelli hospital for the midday prayer. At the time, hospital ...

Pope Francis' clinical condition continued to improve Feb. 27, the Vatican said, and he had respiratory physiotherapy in the ...

Pope Francis' extended hospitalization and care is a reminder that every human being, especially the frail or elderly, must ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis suffered “two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency” March 3 but remained alert, the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After experiencing progressive improvement the past few days, Pope Francis experienced “an isolated ...

The March 1 bulletin also stated that the pope has continued to eat, and a Vatican source confirmed that he could still eat ...