(Image: Faithful carry a wooden cross on Via della Conciliazione in Rome during the pilgrimage route to the Holy Door of St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican, as part of the Catholic Jubilee Year, on ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in ...

A chest X-ray has confirmed a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’s lungs as he recovers from five weeks in hospital with ...

VATICAN CITY — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday ... Francis that he has chosen to be buried in the ...

Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors ...

JUST before leaving Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double ...

During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his ...

Before leaving the hospital on Sunday, the 88-year-old pope smiled and waved at well-wishers gathered outside.

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Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

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Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel, the Vatican said Tuesday, in signs of continued improvements during his convalescence at ...