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Shocking aerial footage shows a massive sinkhole swallowing a town in north-eastern Brazil. The municipality declared a state ...

A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs and will not participate in activities through the weekend because of his health issues ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 - Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital for what doctors described as a "complex" respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year ...

A ruling by the High Court of England and Wales published Feb. 21 confirmed that the Vatican Secretariat of State was deceived by Italian financier Raffaele Mincione.

Pope Francis holds his homily during the weekly General Audience at the Paul VI Hall on February 12, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Vatican Pool/Getty Images The Vatican described the pope as ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Francis breakfasted and read the papers as usual on Tuesday on his fifth day in hospital but appears no closer to being discharged, with the Vatican ...

ROME—Pope Francis is suffering from the first signs of pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, signaling a potentially lengthy stay in the hospital as concerns about the health of the 88-year ...