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

A 900-year-old book found in the Vatican Secret Archives predicts Judgement Day in 2027. Saint Malachy's 'Prophecy of the ...

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

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, hasn't seen a birth in 96 years due to its unique population of celibate clergy and absence of a hospital. Established as the center of the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory failure," but rested peacefully ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

Despite his illness, age and hospitalization, Pope Francis is still demonstrating his deep faith and exercising his role as ...

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