Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, has not seen a child born in 96 years due to its religious significance and ...

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

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

St Peter's Square is bustling, but behind the Vatican's walls, activities have slowed as the Catholic Church grapples with ...

This country has not seen a single birth since its formation in 1929. With no hospital, critically ill individuals must ...

Pope Francis's condition was stable on Wednesday (Mar 5) as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

Pope Francis, 88, has suffered three breathing crises since being admitted to hospital in Rome on February 14, but the ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

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

Pope Francis has spent 19 full days at Rome's Gemelli hospital, however, it doesn't come close to approaching the record-long ...

Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week observances, after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital ...