The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls while the pope is in the hospital.

Since Pope Francis' hospitalisation, Nuns have reportedly received an exceptionally high volume of calls offering prayers and expressing well wishes.

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

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, hasn't seen a birth in 96 years due to its unique population of celibate clergy ...

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

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Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...

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

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital since February 14 with pneumonia in both lungs, is stable and talk has turned to when ...

Clutching a bouquet of yellow roses, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso makes her way to Rome's Gemelli hospital each ...

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 ...