VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis began a busy Monday of public audiences by saying that he was ill and not able to read his speech but the Vatican chief spokesman sai

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis opened Wednesday a special synod on the future of the Roman Catholic church by urging bishops and lay people from around the world to

 ROME - - Athletes from the Vatican City, as part of a team known as Athletica Vaticana, are competing at the World Cycling Championships in Glasgow.

 VATICAN CITY - - Protestors from the charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dressed as bulls as part of a new campaign imploring the pontiff to end bullfighting.

 VATICAN CITY - - The prosecutor in a Vatican court has requested a prison sentence of seven years and three months for Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of embezzlement and tarnished by sc

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has implored world leaders to limit carbon emissions amid unprecedented levels of heat and extreme weather events.

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has appointed 21 new cardinals, explaining that their provenance expresses the universality of the Church.

 VATICAN CITY -- The reported dispute between the rebellious former personal secretary to the late Pope Benedict, Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Pope Francis reached new tensions when the

 ROME -- Pope Francis left Friday the Gemelli hospital where he had been recuperating from an operation carried out last week.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis undergwent surgery under general anaesthetic for a “painful and worsening” intestinal condition at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital Wednesday, Vatican sources said.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, looking serene and refreshed, resumed his regular schedule of audiences Saturday, meeting intellectuals from Georgetown University attending a conference organised by

 VATICAN CITY – On May 25, two new rooms in the Vatican Museums will be unveiled to the public for the first time: the Spezieria di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and the Sala Delle Ceramiche, accordi

VATICAN CITY– The price of the “pro-colonial” stamp rises significantly after the Vatican chooses to remove the stamp from circulation, due to its recent repudiation of the doctrine of di

 VATICAN CITY – Security was tightened around Pope Francis’s tiny city state Friday after a deranged driver Thursday evening crashed a car at high speed through two Swiss Guard and gendaremie check

 VATICAN CITY -- Following his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Pope Francis continued to condemn the use of arms and encourage mediation at his weekly Angelus address

Vatican City– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, after meeting Italian governement officials according to both diplomatic

 VATICAN CITY – A group of 20 victims of abuse within the Catholic Church in Germany and Austria have set off on a 720km cycle route from Munich to Rome where they will meet with Pope Francis and p

 VATICAN CITY – In his first weekly general audience after returning from his pastoral visit to Hungary, Pope Francis warned that freedom is under threat in Europe as he underlines the importance o

 ROME – A photography exhibition, Women’s Cry, which showcases the suffering of women around the world, opened on Tuesday in Saint Peter’s Square, exhibition directors said at a press conf

 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is part of a secret peace mission to end the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis told reporters on his flight back to Rome on Sunday. 

 VATICAN CITY– Addressing the Hungarian President, the Prime Minister and the many citizens who had gathered to listen, Pope Francis warned against rising European nationalism and called for a unif

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis arrived in Hungary on Friday morning for a three-day pastoral visit in which he will meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Catholic leaders, members of local Catholic

 VATICAN CITY -- At the Regina Coeli on Sunday, Pope Francis called for an end to the recent violence in Sudan, according to the Vatican Press Office.