VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis will be joined by around 700 relatives of mafia victims in a vigil to pray for the innocent who lost their lives to mafia violence.

 VATICAN CITY—On the first anniversary of his election Pope Francis asked his twitter followers for prayers while on a spiritual retreat in Ariccia.  

VATICAN CITY—Priests and seminarians from around the world will descend on the pitches at the Pontificio Oratorio to compete in this tiny city state`s soccer championsh

VATICAN CITY—As the first anniversary of his election approaches, Pope Francis gives his insight into the first 12 months of his pontificate in an extensive interview with Corriere della Sera.

VATICAN CITY-A year after his resignation shook the world, the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has strongly denied an Italian report that he was pressured to quit St Peter's

ROME– The newly appointed English Cardinal Vincent Nichols said Monday Pope Francis has started a “radical renewal” in the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY -- An official British delegation has arrived to see Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, receive a red cardinal’s hat from Pope Francis Saturday, the UK Embassy to the Holy

ROME– The Sant’Egidio Community has appealed for the resumption of peace negotiations in Colombia amid signs an end to 50 years of bloody internal conflict is near.

ROME- Police are hunting for thieves who stole a precious ampoule of Pope John Paul II’s blood from a shrine in the region of Abruzzo this week.

NAPLES, FLORIDA-"The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments ... the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb." -

ROME - As many as 5.459,000 people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013 and the number is expected to increase in 2014, posing some logistical problems for the tiny city state, the Holy See says.

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