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

Pope Francis has spent 19 full days at Rome's Gemelli hospital, however, it doesn't come close to approaching the record-long ...

Francis has been undergoing treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he has been following day-to-day affairs, according ...

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

The expatriate community is small but shares a special bond with Francis, who has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on ...

POPE FRANCIS I: (Through interpreter) Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is risen. He alone has the power to roll away the stone that blocks the path of life.

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Francis had suffered a bronchospasm that resulted in “an episode of vomiting with inhalation” on Friday, causing a sudden ...