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

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

Raffaella Petrini has been appointed as the first female President of the Vatican City State becoming the governor of 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 ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

Established as the center of the Catholic Church in 1929, the city-state relies on nearby Rome for medical care, preventing any births within its borders. Vatican City, the world’s tiniest ...

was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially the governor of the 44-hectare (108-acre) territory in Rome that is home to the Catholic Church. Petrini, 56, had ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the head of the Catholic Church and head of state. In order to govern both ...

The Roman Curia is made up of different departments – known as dicasteries – located in offices in and around Vatican City State and Rome. The departments, such as those for appointing bishops ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...