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

For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for ...

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

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

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

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

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...