Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past ...

The new Mass, Pro Custodia Creationis (For the Care of Creation), was initially ordered by Pope Francis, who made the ...

Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way ...

Discover the breathtaking Italian garden known as 'The Pope's Playground,' which combines the beauty of nature with wonderful historic pieces of art.

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the ...

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a fundraising video centred on newly elected Pope Leo, urging the faithful to support his mission amid a serious financial crisis for the Catholic Church.

The city-state primarily relies on donations, ticket sales from the Vatican Museums, investment income, and its real estate holdings to finance the Catholic Church's central government.

VATICAN CITY — The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government ...