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

After Pope Francis experienced one of his worst days since entering the hospital, hundreds of faithful from around the world ...

Raffaella Petrini has been appointed as the first female President of the Vatican City State becoming the governor of the ...

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

The 88-year-old pope remained conscious and alert at all times and cooperated with the maneuvers to help him recover.

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical ... a new archbishop for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy. Many if not all of these decisions ...

Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, working from his hospital room and going ...

Although this is Francis' fourth stay at Rome's Gemelli hospital as pope ... to take on a role akin to being the governor of Vatican City. The pope had previously mentioned his plans and Raffaella ...