The truth may be out there, but when it comes to the health of the pontiff, many people prefer more fanciful tales.

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, is known for its iconic landmarks such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums, and the Pope’s residence. Housing around 800 citizens, the country is ...

The columned colonnade of St Peter’s Square - leading to the heart of the Catholic Church and the spectacular ... sight in the tourist-rammed area of Vatican City, particularly the iconic ...

An Irish bishop from the 12th century wrote a cryptic Latin work in which he claimed to know the sequence of popes.

Francis has been at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14 for a complex lung infection that turned into pneumonia in both ...

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 ...

On Saturday, the Vatican announced that Francis, on March 11, had given approval to a timeline for furthering the recommendations of two historic church summits, or synods, in 2023 and 2024.

In this picture released by the Vatican Press Hall Pope Francis celebrates a mass inside the chapel of the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Hall, Via AP ) ...

AFP via Getty Images But the Vatican has said Francis has been doing some work in the hospital, including signing documents, and regardless there is no provision in the Catholic Church to transfer ...