Clutching a bouquet of yellow roses, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso makes her way to Rome's Gemelli hospital each ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for almost three weeks battling double pneumonia, is in stable condition and is doing ...

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, hasn't seen a birth in 96 years due to its unique population of celibate clergy ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, has not seen a child born in 96 years due to its religious significance and ...

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

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

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

Pope Francis was "resting" on Thursday (Mar 6) after a peaceful night, the Vatican said as the 88-year-old nears three weeks ...

Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite yesterday, the 88-year-old’s condition ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter’s and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him.

Pope Francis's condition was stable on Wednesday (Mar 5) as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican ...