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

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory insufficiency" on Monday and required use of non-invasive, mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, ...

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 ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

For the third week, Pope Francis missed leading the Angelus prayer at Saint Peter's Square as he battles with a lung illness.

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, is in a stable condition and has not had further breathing crises, the Vatican said on Saturday. The ...