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 pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, woke up after sleeping ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs, slept all night and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts ...

Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no longer ...

As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, talk of the 88-year-old pontiff's death or ...

Pope Francis has not been seen in public since entering the hospital, his longest absence from view since his papacy started in March 2013.

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

Pope Francis rested well overnight, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after the 88-year-old pontiff suffered a setback a day ...

Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire near Highway 12 in Solano County on Monday afternoon, the Fairfield Fire Department said. The fire department said its firefighters were responding ...

Francis, who has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since February 14, is again receiving "non-invasive, mechanical ventilation" ...

The pope has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia and a complex infection in a Rome hospital, and his condition has ...

President Trump’s threats to impose stiff tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China are expected to become a ...