Francis, who has been head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics since 2013, almost died twice in hospital, according to his ...

The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of ...

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a “time of ...

Maintained by the Holy See that is responsible for protecting the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State, it is considered an elite military unit and highly ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics on March 30 to mark Lent as a “time of healing” as he missed his seventh Angelus prayer.