If you're feeling intimidated by the experience, consider one of the following small-group Vatican tours, guided by local ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV says Vatican finances do not keep him up at night. In his first year, rising Vatican bank ...

After greeting crowds on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis died on Monday morning. The frail 88-year-old, known as a humble reformer of the Catholic Church, greeted thousands in St. Peter's Square after ...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a visit Thursday to the Vatican, meeting with Pope Leo XIV, after a strained relationship between the Vatican and the Trump administration. The ...

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to ...

Pope Francis updated the laws that govern the Vatican judicial system in an effort to establish greater transparency and independence, particularly in financial and criminal matters. The pope said the ...

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era.

The Vatican is preparing to release Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in the coming weeks. The document is expected to address ...

With retired Pope Benedict XVI sitting next to him, Pope Francis formally recited separate prayers to consecrate Vatican City to St. Joseph and to St. Michael the Archangel. The early morning ceremony ...