Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

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

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

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Raffaella Petrini has been appointed as the first female President of the Vatican City State becoming the governor of the ...

After Pope Francis experienced one of his worst days since entering the hospital, hundreds of faithful from around the world ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

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

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

Although certain doctrinal matters require the pope's direct attention, senior Catholic cardinals and other Vatican officials can make many of the daily decisions that govern the global Church.