He may have trouble breathing, but the pope is not senescent and remains the church’s absolute monarch on earth. He has ...

When Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Vatican March ...

All indications suggest the 88-year-old pontiff has overcome the possible risks from a respiratory crisis last week. He is ...

A stable Pope Francis had a visit Sunday from the Vatican secretary of state as he continued his recovery from double ...

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

The Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their ...

The bishops’ spokesman also stressed that 'we are not in a pre-conclave period; far from it' and made an appeal to the people ...

A light drizzle finally let up as hundreds of faithful headed to St. Peter's Square to pray the rosary for Pope Francis on ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...