A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in his movements and speech. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae.

The Vatican said the pontiff also did some work on Sunday. The Vatican press office released a photo of Pope Francis on Sunday in a private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he continues to ...

Though his condition had improved, he will remain in the hospital for further treatment, the Vatican said in a statement. By Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from the Vatican Pope Francis ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Sunday spent his 24th consecutive day in the hospital receiving therapy and getting an update on world and church affairs, the Vatican's press office said in a ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is to return to his residence in the Vatican on Sunday after his doctors said that was the best place for him to recover following a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia ...

For the first time since his hospitalization around three weeks ago, Pope Francis is showing a good response to treatment, a Vatican source told CNN. This follows a statement from the Vatican ...

Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him. "The night passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican ...

Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and his doctors note a "gradual, slight improvement," the Vatican said on March 8. A statement released at 7 p.m. local time this ...

Pope Francis is responding well to hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors no longer fear for his life, the Vatican says. The Vatican added on Monday that the 88-year-old pontiff ...