The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition but has showed slight improvement in laboratory tests.

ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his ...

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While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...