Archaeologists in Romania uncover 34 Roman graves dating to the 3rd–4th centuries AD, and a rare Greek inscription at an ...

ROME — The Vatican warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group on Thursday that it risked going into schism if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent, setting a ...

The Vatican Bank launched on Tuesday two equity indexes tracking stocks that it said are consistent with Catholic ethical principles. Its Eurozone fund includes semiconductor supplier ASML Holding and ...

The Vatican Bank launched two new equity benchmarks on Tuesday that pick investments based on Catholic principles. The indexes, titled the Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and the ...

The face of an angel that looked suspiciously like the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been removed from a church fresco in Rome, allegedly on the order of the Vatican. The original face ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret ...

A traditionalist group of Catholic priests that has been at odds with the Vatican for decades threatened a full schism with Rome this weekend, saying it plans to consecrate bishops without approval ...

(RNS) — From the end of the 20th century until his death, Allen was essential reading for anyone who cared about the inner workings of the Vatican. (RNS) — John L. Allen Jr., a journalist who covered ...

Roughly 14 miles from the ancient city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, more than 4,000 tombs were carefully cut into the walls of a limestone gorge. The tombs make up the Necropolis of Pantalica, ...

SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to ...

ROME — The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 82-foot Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional costumes from Italy’s ...

The Vatican has replaced an underground Catholic bishop in China who has spent years in and out of detention for resisting government religious policies, in a move that drew both official praise and ...