The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

A follow-up chest CT scan on Tuesday "demonstrated the onset of bilateral pneumonia, which required additional drug therapy," ...

Updates on Francis’ condition, which was said to be stable on Wednesday, have typically been spare, leaving plenty of room ...

Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital and "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican has said.

Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old ...

The contemporary art installation was audible via speakers in the portico, or entrance, of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Doctors have changed treatment for Pope Francis's respiratory tract infection to tackle a "complex clinical situation" and he ...

The pontiff, who is being treated for bronchitis, sent a message to pilgrims gathered for prayer in St Peter’s Square ...