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

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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in hospital fighting double pneumonia, rested well overnight, the Vatican said on ...

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

Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday (March 2) and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, the Vatican said, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff ...

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

Mannheim University Hospital said they were treating three people from this crash, two adults and a child, German news agency ...

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