Dozens of children toting yellow and white balloons gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis on his ...

The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls while the pope is in the hospital.

The Vatican’s central number is public — and the sisters of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master make sure all who call it get a real person, not the “press 1 for English, 2 for Latin” version of ...

The flag of Vatican City will not fly over Toronto City Hall to mark the annual St. John Paul II Day for the first time in nearly two decades.

Claims against the famous artist have brought attention to the widespread sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse of ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich: Cupich, 75, was appointed archbishop of Chicago in 2014 by Francis and remains in the pope’s inner ...

VATICAN CITY A bit stronger than the day before, Pope Francis yesterday morning listened attentively to his two closest ...

Vatican City is a landlocked country surrounded by Rome ... The Fountainhead is her 1943 novel about an innovative architect ...

Isidora Uribe Silva tried as a teen to promote inclusive spaces for girls, women and disabled people in Chile. She has taken ...

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 ...

Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ...