Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Pope Francis in stable condition, no new respiratory episodes 02:01. For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health.The pope has been at Rome's ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A Vatican appeals court on Tuesday convicted a priest of sexually abusing a fellow student while they were both attending a school for papal altar boys. Partially ...

Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on. ... and then children of employees — a bad idea for older guys interested in winning championships.

Thousands of bones have been unearthed in two ossuaries discovered in the Vatican City, as part of an ongoing search for clues into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl more than three decades ago.

VATICAN CITY, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference on Friday (Jan. 10) and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for the ordination of ...

Thousands of bones have been unearthed in two ossuaries discovered in the Vatican City, as part of an ongoing search for clues into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl more than three decades ago.