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 ...

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

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 ...

Catholic faithful in Rome and the Vatican City prayed for Pope Francis' recovery on Tuesday, after he stabilized following two respiratory crises. (AP video by Paolo Santalucia, Silvia Stellacci and F ...

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

Raffaella Petrini has been appointed as the first female President of the Vatican City State becoming the governor of the ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

After Pope Francis experienced one of his worst days since entering the hospital, hundreds of faithful from around the world ...