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

This was the pope's "third serious downturn" since he was admitted to Gemelli Polyclinic hospital with a complex respiratory ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis suffered “two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency” March 3 but remained alert, the ...

Elisabetta Piqué, an Argentine journalist and friend of Pope Francis, has stated that he will not resign his papacy amid his ...

Giuseppe Perazzo was one of the first to arrive outside the Gemelli hospital for the midday prayer. At the time, hospital ...

Pope Francis' extended hospitalization and care is a reminder that every human being, especially the frail or elderly, must ...

The Holy Rosary Parish in Bozeman is joining Catholics worldwide in prayer for Pope Francis, who is recovering from double pneumonia in Rome.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After experiencing progressive improvement the past few days, Pope Francis experienced “an isolated ...

The March 1 bulletin also stated that the pope has continued to eat, and a Vatican source confirmed that he could still eat ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, woke up after sleeping ...

Pope Francis' clinical condition continued to improve Feb. 27, the Vatican said, and he had respiratory physiotherapy in the ...

There's a first time for everything.But the phrase "copious secretions" in an official update from the Vatican on Pope ...