Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

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

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

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

Pope Francis had a "peaceful night" on Saturday, after recovering from a coughing fit. The news came in a Holy See press office update issued on the 88-year-old's condition Sunday morning.

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

ROME — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican : Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially ...

Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Parolin ... to take charge of the Roman Catholic Church. 'Francis, the city prays for you,' were projected on to the Obelisco, Buenos Aires' most iconic ...