The Vatican said Francis woke up around 8 a.m. after a quiet night. He has been sleeping later than his usual 4:30 a.m.

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, is known for its iconic landmarks such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican ...

As Pope Francis, 88, remains in hospital battling pneumonia the Mirror has taken a look at what his tenure has done for the ...

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The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...

Possibly dating from as early as the fifth century, it is the oldest surviving church inside Vatican City. Russo and Allegra liked the church’s simple Roman architecture and columns for their ...

The pope usually meets with the conference's officers twice each year. (CNS/Vatican Media) The eminent Italian church historian Alberto Melloni told me that Francis, in writing this letter to the ...

An Irish bishop from the 12th century wrote a cryptic Latin work in which he claimed to know the sequence of popes.

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...

Inside the tiny Vatican city state ... the Roman Curia – the government of the Holy See, which oversees the Church’s global activities – has not been as affected. Though Pope Francis ...

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