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

Pope Francis, hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts ...

Pope Francis had stabilized enough Tuesday after two respiratory crises to be taken off noninvasive mechanical ventilation and receive just high flows of supplemental oxygen ...

Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no longer ...

As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, talk of the 88-year-old pontiff's death or ...

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

The 88-year-old pontiff has been in hospital with double pneumonia for more than two weeks since he was admitted to Rome’s ...

The pope, 88, suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "slept all night" following Monday's medical intervention amid two episodes of "acute ...

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

"The pope slept all night and is continuing to rest," said a one-line note from the Vatican. A full medical update on the ...