Some reports said ailing Pope Francis has been discharged from the hospital after several days on the sickbed. A fact-check ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in stable condition and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after ...

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

The 88-year-old, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, experienced two acute respiratory crises on Monday.

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was up and receiving therapy on Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from ...

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Ashes on foreheads on Ash Wednesday, “fish frys” on Fridays, passion plays, ...

Although director Edward Berger tends to sensationalize papal conclaves in “Conclave,” the film nonetheless gives audiences a ...

Reporting from Rome, Fox News' Lauren Green writes that papal historian Austen Ivereigh is trying to dispel rumors that Pope Francis might resign amid his current health crisis.

Pope Francis has released a notable message to the world from his hospital bed in Italy. Pope spoke from Rome’s Gemelli ...

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

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