The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the head of the Catholic Church and head of state. In order to govern ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing ...
The Vatican Press Office reported that Pope Francis’ convalescence at St. Martha’s House, his Vatican residence where he returned after being discharged from the hospital on Sunday ...
Vatican CityPope Francis remained in critical but stable ... we want to unite ourselves publicly to this prayer here, in his house," Parolin said, praying that Francis "in this moment of ...
Before leaving the hospital on Sunday, the 88-year-old pope smiled and waved at well-wishers gathered outside.
After Francis' appearance at the hospital, he's expected to leave the facility by car and return to the Vatican.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, is showing slight signs of improvement, but it is too early to discuss his return home, a Vatican source said March 10. The 88-year-old ...
VATICAN CITYPope Francis is improving slowly as he battles double pneumonia in hospital and is reducing the use of mechanical ventilation at night to help with breathing, the Vatican said ...
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front ...