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, ...

and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy. AP But in Monday’s update, they said he hadn’t had any more respiratory crises since Saturday, and the flow and ...

A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of ...

Historical records referenced such a work in the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, but over time it vanished from ...

In addition, a Vatican cardinal close to Francis spoke out Monday to deny some negative media reports that have circulated in ...

The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is recovering from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

In a subsequent bulletin, Francis named a handful of new bishops for Brazil, a new archbishop for Vancouver and modified the law for the Vatican City State to create a new hierarchy.Many if not ...

Last Sunday the Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis since his ordeal began. He was wearing a stole around ...

THE King still plans to meet the Pope next month during a State visit to Vatican City and Italy – despite his hospital stay.

The leader of the world’s nearly 1.4 billion Catholics has shown slight signs of improvement. Read more at straitstimes.com.