When asked about Spain’s largest Cathedral many people believe that Burgos, León, or even Santiago de Compostela has the ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

The world's smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily ...

Meeting with the officials during an audience at the Vatican June 5, Pope Leo told them the dicastery "reflects the face of the church" with its numerous members from all over the world -- bishops, ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign ... Reese Incident Suitcase full of jewels: How past administrations ...

Cardinals will celebrate a special mass in St Peter’s, the church ... Vatican chimney installed ahead of papal conclave The basilica, one of the largest churches in the world, is a jewel of ...

and maintain the majestic beauty appropriate for the election of the next head of the 1.4 billion strong Catholic Church. The cardinals will be living in residences on Vatican grounds, and they ...

Anna Rowlands, who served as an expert appointed to the synod, or a major Vatican assembly, fretted over the future of a less top-down church. “There is a danger of seeing synodality as associat ...

When the leader of the Catholic Church dies, one of the first things ... centuries-old story behind the Fisherman's Ring, the jewel of the Vatican that doesn't just sparkle; it rules.

a Renaissance jewel adorned with Michelangelo's celebrated frescoes, located in the Vatican City's Apostolic Palace. Only 135 of the Church's 252 cardinals are expected to take part in the ...

VATICAN CITY — The conclave to pick the successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7, the Vatican announced Monday, setting the date of the secretive rite inside the Sistine Chapel at a time when ...

matching the Church’s shift toward modesty. Pope John Paul II waves to the pilgrims and faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square during his weekly general audience March 26, 2003 in Vatican City ...