Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of ...

Pope Francis used his annual Christmas greetings to tell Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, warning that gossip is an “evil”. A wheezing and congested ...

The Catholic Church’s celebration should attract millions of extra visitors to Rome and beyond. Here’s how to plan around ...

A Dec. 17 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) suggests something nefarious will happen at the Vatican on Christmas Eve. “Pope Francis wants to open five portals on Christmas Eve ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

Biden is set to arrive soon after the Vatican begins the Holy Year, which officially opens on Christmas Eve. Holy Years are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years, and over the centuries have ...

ROME — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of welcome ...

Pilgrims are lining up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...