With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

US arms flow to Ukraine again as the Kremlin mulls a ceasefire proposal The Vatican said Wednesday that the 88-year-old Francis once again followed the Vatican’s spiritual retreat remotely ...

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University of Dayton provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis’ health. The pope has been at ...

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from ...

The Vatican issued a nine-word statement on the condition of Pope Francis, who is critically ill in hospital battling double ...

The Vatican said as of Tuesday morning, Francis no longer needed to wear the noninvasive mechanical ventilation mask that ...

The Vatican appears to have modified its position against gender-affirming surgery and “gender theory” last year, raising the possibility of “exceptional situations.” This week the Vatican ...

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 ...

Who are the most powerful people at the Vatican, besides the pope? The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the head of ...