The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader -- the pope.

The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a ...

Pope Leo told visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday that the Vatican was willing to host ...

The Pope has met the Ukrainian leader for the second time in his two-month-old papacy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The Pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of July 20. Part of the ...

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully independent nation state in the world, according to Britannica .

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the ...