Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

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

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, hasn't seen a birth in 96 years due to its unique population of celibate clergy ...

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 ...

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

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

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

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 ...