The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

The Vatican said Francis, who was diagnosed with double pneumonia, suffered a breathing crisis and needed blood transfusions.

Pope Francis' complex respiratory infection isn't life-threatening but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, ...

The Vatican was “utterly let down” by a financier over the purchase of a luxury London property that left the city state ...

High court clears businessman of conspiracy in ‘trial of the century’ but insists Holy See was ‘utterly let down’ ...

A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Suffering from pneumonia affecting both lungs, Pope Francis, whose health condition is causing serious concern, has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since February 14. In his absence, life ...

The Vatican said on Monday that Pope Francis was being treated for a "complex clinical situation" and will remain ...

Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named president of the Vatican City State, the 44-hectare (108-acre) territory ...

Pope Francis' doctors ordered "complete rest" after the pontiff "slept well" for a second night at a hospital with treatment ...