Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, ...

Jiawei Shen describes Tower of Babel as “my last big project”. The monumental painting, which takes up 130 square metres ...

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that ...

The tradition of popes escaping the summer heat of Rome for the cooler Alban Hills began with Pope Urban VIII in 1626. While ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

Portrait of the First American Pope is the perfect reading material during the dawn of this new Leo’s papacy.

Blessed Floribert Kositi, 26, gave his life in Congo by rejecting corruption and choosing faith over blood-stained wealth ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been transferred to a local cathedral. Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered ...

A presidential portrait with Donald Trump’s approval now hangs in the Colorado Capitol after his complaints got a previous ...

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office. But since his Jan. 20 inauguration, ...

To commemorate Donald Trump's assassination attempt in July 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly gifted him a ...