Some 2,600 miles west of Hawaii and more than 3,000 miles from mainland Australia, the island nation of Tuvalu faces an ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government through donations that have ...

Flushing resident Victor Mooney, presented a commemorative pennant to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City following a ...

They arrived at the Vatican City on May 2 — one day before their 45th wedding anniversary — and planned to stay the week, hopeful a new pope would be selected during that time. He was.

Italy has about 59 million residents and is home to more than 400 state-run museums. ... where Pope Leo XIV was recently elected — which belong to the independent Vatican City.

Vatican City has fewer than 1,000 residents, the majority of whom are clergy, officials, and Swiss Guards. Citizenship is not passed down by birth but granted only for the duration of one's ...

Inside the Vatican City guesthouse where cardinals live as they elect a new Pope ... Some residents had small fridges, but during the conclave, the focus is simplicity and security, not convenience.' ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The world's smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church's central government ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central ...