Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to ...

VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance met Saturday ... Vance was spending Easter weekend in Rome with his family and attended Good Friday services in St. Peter’s Basilica after meeting ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

Vatican City mourns the loss of Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, a day after his Easter appearance. The spiritual leader ...

Vatican Notes 'Exchange of Opinions' Over Migrants, Prisoners in Meeting With Vance VATICAN CITY (AP ... Vance was spending Easter weekend in Rome with his family and attended Good Friday ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance attended the Vatican's Good ... Vance arrived here in Rome Good Friday morning on an official visit with his family to the Italian capital. His first meeting was ...

The Vatican City, a sovereign state ruled by the Pope, operates with its own unique systems, including a newspaper, anthem, ...

The King and Queen's state visit to Italy will coincide with the jubilee year, an event in the Catholic calendar that is estimated to bring 30-32 million visitors to Rome across 12 months.

Trastevere is located west of the Tiber River and south of Vatican City, far enough from the hustle and bustle of central Rome, but still close enough not to be qualified as out of the way.

In fact, Rome is enjoying a new age of archaeology—the third in the city’s modern history. The first occurred in the 1870s when Rome became the capital of a newly unified Italy and King Victor ...