What does the flag of Vatican City look like? What should it look like? Beyond the recognizable general design of the yellow-and-white flag with the crossed keys on its right side representing the ...

VATICAN CITY − The Vatican on Sunday released the first image of Pope Francis in the hospital since he began treatment for double pneumonia, in which the 88-year-old pontiff appeared to be ...

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 ...

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states and international organizations, and Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, had a phone call on Friday in ...

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 ...

Pope Francis is no longer using an oxygen mask to breathe at night and his doctors believe he will continue to improve, the Vatican has said. In the latest update on the pope’s health ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...

The Vatican released the first photo of Pope Francis since his admission to hospital last month with pneumonia in both his lungs. The pope cast a somber figure; seated in a wheelchair and taken ...

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis since he entered the hospital a month ago to treat bronchitis, further indication that the pontiff's health continues to improve.

Located in the Vatican’s Secret Archives and discovered in 1590 by Benedictine monk Arnold Wion, "The Prophecy of the Popes" is making headlines due to a prophecy that ties with Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his ...

VATICAN CITY — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of ...