Clutching a bouquet of yellow roses, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso makes her way to Rome's Gemelli hospital each ...

Pope Francis' condition remains "stable" in hospital with no further bouts of breathlessness, the Vatican said late on ...

Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory failure," but rested peacefully ...

The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, his 20th day in the hospital, the Vatican said.

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

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, hasn't seen a birth in 96 years due to its unique population of celibate clergy ...

Pope Francis, who has been struggling to overcome double pneumonia for almost three weeks, remained in stable condition ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...