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

The Vatican said as of Tuesday morning, Francis no longer needed to wear the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that ...

There's a first time for everything.But the phrase "copious secretions" in an official update from the Vatican on Pope ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Holy Rosary Parish in Bozeman is joining Catholics worldwide in prayer for Pope Francis, who is recovering from double pneumonia in Rome.

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