A day after his three-hour operation that involved the removal of half of his colon, the Vatican stated Monday that Pope Francis was already alert, breathing on his own, and in good condition.
The renewed diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba included third-party support from as far as the Vatican, with Pope Francis of Argentina facilitating talks and a prisoner swap between the countries.
A new United Nations report regarding torture and sexual abuse concluded that the Vatican exercises control of its bishops and priests worldwide and did not fully comply with the U.N.'s global anti-torture treaty.
Pope Francis delivered a strongly worded speech on Friday in which he addressed the sexual abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic church and asked for the public's forgiveness.
Two of the most influential people in the world, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met at the Vatican in Vatican City his week to share commonalities on immigration, poverty, and the economy.
The Pope innocently mispronounced a word during his weekly sermon but the mistake actually translated into what The Independent refers to as a “distinctly unholy language.”
The Pope's new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastián, 85, is showing his age - and his ignorance.
Sebastián, who will take up his post in the Vatican as Spain's newest cardinal in February, is already making a dramatic entrance by reportedly calling homosexuality a physical "defect" that can be cured.
United Nations child protection experts are cracking down on Vatican delegates on how Roman Catholic officials handled the decades-long sexual abuse of minors by priests, saying they still need to speak up and reveal more information in order to put guilty priests behind bars.
