The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

The Vatican’s central number is public — and the sisters of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master make sure all who call ...

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

From the hushed prayers in a hospital chapel to the flickering candles outside Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis' ...

Concrete changes followed, from opening up Vatican archives to lay courts to making it compulsory to report suspicions of abuse and any attempts to cover it up to Church authorities.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for ...

The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City. The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday (Mar 2) and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, the Vatican said, in a sign of progress as the 88 ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no repeat of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who has been in the hospital for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, is in a stable condition and has not had further breathing crises, the Vatican said ...