For a stop with some charming green space in Rome, head to this lush public park right outside of the Vatican City with a historic villa and gorgeous fountain.

Most notably, Vatican City is the religious, central hub of the Catholic Church and where the pope resides. The Christian denomination, the religion’s largest, has over 1.3 million members ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. The date of the conclave was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding ...

Oklahoma's Manny Marquez provides an insider view of the conclave in Vatican City, reflecting on the Catholic Church's transition.

Pope Leo XIV met Thursday with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory panel for the first time amid questions about his handling of abuse and demands from abuse survivors that he ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Minutes before the funeral for Pope Francis began outside in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (April 26), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald ...

VATICAN CITY — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

Security is tight in Vatican City as thousands make their way in order to pay their respects to Pope Francis.