Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...

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

Recovery for the 88-year-old Holy Father “will certainly not be imminent,” Vatican officials cautioned, indicating a ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on ...

POPE FRANCIS I: (Through interpreter) Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is risen. He alone has the power to roll away the stone that blocks the path of life.

Pope Francis has survived 48 hours without breathing complications since his latest emergency on Friday, according to ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Pope Francis removed Strickland after he refused to resign from office. The Dicastery for Bishops investigated "all aspects" of Strickland's governance and leadership and concluded that "the ...

Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...

People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...