While children are born in almost every country globally, Vatican City stands out as a nation with no births. With a ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

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On Sunday the Vatican official tasked with suppressing a Peru-based lay group plagued by scandal announced that not just one, ...

During the first hearing in a civil trial over the firing of a couple from their jobs at the Vatican Bank over a ...

Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth ...

The Pope noted how Mary and Joseph were 'deeply moved and astonished' as Simeon identified Jesus through these three ...

Pope Francis stumbles as his walking stick snaps at Vatican audience - The pope tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium ...

Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

Pope Francis nearly tumbled to the Vatican floor Saturday, when the handle of his walking stick snapped. But the 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance to his entering the seminary.

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.