VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican celebrated Easter on Sunday without Pope Francis presiding, as the 88-year-old pontiff continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia.

A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

Pope Francis has only appeared in public a handful of times since returning to the Vatican on March 23 after a 38-day hospital stay.

The Vatican released a statement on Saturday after US Secretary of State JD Vance and Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro ...

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance on Sunday, the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has been seen in ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists the pope had wanted to get some air and then decided to extend his time outside of his ...