The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
Pope Francis, in hospital in a critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, passed a good night and was resting, the ...
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.
The Vatican reported a “slight improvement” in the Pope’s condition on Monday evening, though it continued to describe his ...
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Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named president of the Vatican City State, the 44-hectare (108-acre) territory ...
ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his ...
The slight kidney insufficiency detected on Sunday was not causing current alarm, doctors said, but they were guarded on his ...
Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...