Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, has not seen a child born in 96 years due to its religious significance and lack of a hospital. Residents use medical facilities in nearby Rome ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

Pope Francis's condition was stable on Wednesday (Mar 5) as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican ...

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

A passing motorist helped bring attention to a driver who had been trapped for nearly a day after their car crashed down a ...

The Placer County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding to reports of gunfire heard near a small, private school in North Auburn on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the sound of gunfire ...

While Pope Francis battles ailing health in the hospital, CNN’s Christopher Lamb examines just how unprecedented the ...

The two-day workshop, titled “Artificial Intelligence, Justice, and Democracy,” was hosted by the Pontifical Academy of ...

An Irish bishop from the 12th century wrote a cryptic Latin work in which he claimed to know the sequence of popes.

In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the 12-year-old Jesus’ desire to live his mission as the Son ...