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

Pope Francis was "resting" Thursday after a peaceful night, the Vatican said as the 88-year-old nears three weeks in hospital ...

Many Catholics recall similar vigils held in St. Peter’s Square when Pope John Paul II was hospitalized in the final days of ...

On Wednesday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the Major Penitentiary, celebrated the traditional Mass beginning Lent at the ...

Pope Francis has resumed high-flow oxygen therapy as he battles pneumonia in a Rome hospital, Vatican sources said on Thursday. The pontiff this morning resumed respiratory therapy and returned to ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and one of the oldest popes in the Roman Catholic Church's history, has served as pope since 2013 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.– According to the Vatican, Pope Francis spent a peaceful night resting. Pope Francis has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since he was ...

Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory failure," but rested peacefully ...

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

Pope Francis's health has been suffering and he has been in hospital for just under three weeks amid a battle with pneumonia, ...

Vatican’s Rigorous Protocol for a Pope’s Passing. Pope Francis, aged 88, remains in critical condition at Rome’s Gemelli ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...