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

ROME — Pope Francis remained in stable condition and didn’t need any mechanical ventilation on Sunday, the Vatican said. It ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well" overnight, his 17th night in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said on Monday. "The pope rested well all night," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in ...

ROME (AP) — A stable Pope Francis had a visit Sunday from the Vatican secretary of state as he continued his recovery from ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened and turned into a complex ...

Pope slept well and is no longer on mechanical ventilation, the latest positive update from the Vatican stated.

Doctors decided to keep Pope Francis' prognosis guarded and indicated they needed 24 to 48 hours to evaluate how and if the ...

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

ROME -- Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from ...

Today’s update from the pope’s doctors dispels the widespread alarm by Friday’s bronchial spasm. An informed Vatican source ...