Deep within the walls of Vatican City lies a repository of secrets, a library of power, and a documented history of the world seen through the eyes of one of its oldest and most influential ...

More than 50 years before the first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, the Vatican had already hosted what might have been the very first international sporting and gymnastics event with ...

Rome is in mourning as the world says goodbye to Pope Francis, a transformative leader and spiritual guide to more than a billion Catholics. His death marks the end of an era and sets in motion a ...

Half a million young people are expected to pour into Rome next week for the biggest event of the 2025 Holy Year: a weeklong Jubilee celebration for young Catholics that will sorely test their ...

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign of humility. After his funeral on Saturday, Pope Francis will not be buried in the ...

Nora Meijide-Gentry went to Rome in 2013 hoping to meet the new Pope Francis. This photo shows how close she was to the pontiff. Nora Meijide-Gentry finds herself just opposite a group of Argentines ...

Conclave to elect new pope starts Wednesday in Sistine Chapel Cardinals discuss Church divisions, future pope's profile Majority favour continuity with Francis, one cardinal says The conclave will ...

Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the ...

The Vatican has warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group that it risks going into schism if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent.

When Pope Francis' body arrives outside the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday, April 26, it will be greeted by Rome's poor and needy who will have the final chance to pay their ...

SINCE the late 1500s, a small workshop in the Vatican has cared for the hundreds of mosaics that decorate the interior of St Peter's Basilica in a sea of colour.

With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis's death, Italy and the Vatican are rolling out a massive security plan. Francis' funeral ...