ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Roman Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope ...

Pope Leo XIV led the solemn celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of Rome and its Diocese, at St. Peter's Basilica on ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

LETTER FROM VATICAN CITY about the death of Pope John XXIII and about the conclave which is due to convene and elect a new pope. The cardinals will have … ...

The Vatican as an enclave and independent state headed by the pope only dates to 1929. However, the city’s history and influence over not only the church but of Rome is much longer. Upon ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A family from Calgary, Canada, traveled more than 1,700 miles to Oklahoma City to support the Thunder, drawn by the presence of Canadian players Shai Gilgeous ...

When she was a child and he a young father, she drew a map of a city in vivid blue. When he praised her blue map, she corrected him: It’s not a blue map, but a map of a blue city. The song is a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As a bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost was often on the lookout for used cars that he could buy cheap and fix up himself for use in parishes around his diocese. With cars that ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 through ...

Swiss Guards and a marching band lead a Christmas procession at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, with a large crowd capturing the event Dec. 25, 2018. Elena Sergejeva / Getty Images.