Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, ...

As Europe buckles under a punishing heat wave, residents and summer travelers are struggling to find relief. Here’s how and ...

A replica of a statue of St. Cecilia is placed at her original burial site in the restored Catacombs of St. Callistus, June 4, 2025, in Rome. (RNS photo/Claire Giangravé) ...

As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled, signaling the election of a new pope, American Catholics gathered in Rome expressed both surprise and hope for the future of the church.

The funeral of Pope Francis began today at 1:30 pm (IST) in the majestic Baroque plaza in front of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. He will be buried at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.

St. Peter’s Basilica, including the Vatican Grottoes, houses the remains of approximately 90 of Rome’s popes. The rest are scattered throughout other places of worship in the Vatican, Rome ...

But of all the papal remains in St. Peter’s, those of Pope Formosus, who ruled from 891-96, have had the most postmortem adventures.

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 ...

Bodies of Christians were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, or underground cemeteries. According to the Rome Museum, construction of the catacombs began in the 2nd century and lasted for roughly ...

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A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars.