VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

Right in the heart of Rome, Italy, lies the smallest country in the entire world— the famous Vatican City! You’ve probably ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

The Vatican is attracting visitors from all over the world for Pope Francis's funeral but there is one surprising rule every ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

Outside St. Peter’s Basilica, thousands of people lined up for hours, some waiting in the cold twilight of Thursday morning ...

In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with the signing of the Lateran Accords between Pope Pius XI and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, in which Italy recognised papal sovereignty over the ...

Pope Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by ...

Queen Mary is set to attend Pope Francis’s funeral mass in Vatican City.On Wednesday, April 23, the Royal Family of Denmark ...

VATICAN CITY — As pilgrims and world leaders alike ... that is particularly complex,” said Fabio Ciciliano, the head of Italy’s civil protection service. Francis’s funeral is likely ...