As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

The new Mass, Pro Custodia Creationis (For the Care of Creation), was initially ordered by Pope Francis, who made the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said to reporters on Tuesday that President Trump was supportive of imposing further sanctions on Russia after the two leaders met in Vatican City in late April.

The Vatican is the world's smallest country, ruled by the Pope, with its own laws, bank, and army. Formed in 1929, it holds billions in assets and global influence far beyond its tiny size.

Clearing up the Vatican’s messy finances, therefore, is likely to be a major task ahead for Pope Leo who, helpfully, has a degree in maths. What state are the Vatican’s finances in?

Almost all of the 133 cardinals choosing the next pope are staying at the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse, which enjoyed a spruce up in the days before the conclave began.

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave.