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

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "rested well" overnight, his 17th night in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said on ...

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 and LONDON -- Pope Francis ' clinical condition remains "stable" on Sunday, the Vatican said, as the pontiff continues ...

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

Pope Francis' health has improved, Vatican sources indicated to CBS News on Friday, saying he was not currently in critical ...

All indications suggest the 88-year-old pontiff has overcome the possible risks from a respiratory crisis last week. He is ...

The 88-year-old pope who has been hospitalized in Rome since February 14, did not have any further respiratory crises ...

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

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Pope Francis' health condition is “no longer critical,” but remains “complex.” So reports the Vatican. Pope Francis, ...

Parishioners fighting to keep St. Michael’s Church open in Downtown Buffalo are celebrating a victory after the Vatican ...