"The Church is holy, but made up of sinners," summed up historian Martin Dumont, quoting a homily by Pope Benedict XVI. ... the Vatican is the city-state governed by the Holy See, where the pope, heir ...

The Holy See's commitment on Ukraine and Gaza crisis is good, Premier Giorgia Meloni said after long and cordial talks with ...

Holy See: The primary official term of reference for the Diocese of Rome, as the chief diocese of Catholic Christendom; used to refer to the pope and the Roman Curia.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.

President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for Ambassador to the Holy See via his social media site, Truth Social, Friday afternoon. Brian Burch is the president of Catholic Vote, a political ...

The 2018 Holy See-China agreement was reached during President Xi Jinping’s drive to tighten already stringent controls over religions in China in the name of “Sinicization” of religion.

So help me God and these Holy Gospels which I touch with my hand.” Once the last cardinal has taken the oath, Diego Ravelli, the master of papal liturgical celebrations will give the order ...

Sexual predators, crooked financiers, spies and a spattering of murderers: while the Vatican may appear an earthly garden watched over by its beloved saints, it also has its demons. "The ...

According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s fisherman’s ring, as a symbol of a vacancy at the Holy See. He leads the ...

Orgies, murder and intrigue, the demons of the Holy See. Vatican City (AFP) – Sexual predators, crooked financiers, spies and a spattering of murderers: while the Vatican may appear an earthly ...