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

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

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

(Photo: YouTube screenshot/Vatican News) Pope Francis, 88, spent the night from February 22 to 23 “peacefully and at rest.” As it has done every morning since his hospitalization at Rome’s ...

Pope Francis leaves on a car after presiding over a Mass for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Vatican, 9 February 2025. (Photo by PHOTOSHOT/MAXPPP) Pope Francis ...