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, ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

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

For the third time in a row, the pope was unable to publicly recite the Sunday Angelus prayer. However, he published it in ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was up and receiving therapy on Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from ...

Although director Edward Berger tends to sensationalize papal conclaves in “Conclave,” the film nonetheless gives audiences a ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

The Vatican said that Monday’s two crises were caused by a significant accumulation of mucus in his bronchial tubes.