Pope Francis has met with more than 100 comedians from across the world, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, at the Vatican in Rome. The Pope said comedians have the "power to ...

While the Vatican's sacred traditions and time-honoured rituals are elevated to their most beautiful heights, the politicking ...

One legendary passage—hinted at in plans by Leonardo da Vinci—was used by a duke to secretly visit the tomb of his beloved ...

The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access ...

One of the early puzzles you can find in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features a tomb below the Vatican, surrounded by ...

The New York Times publishes top spots worth travelling to and, of the 52 destinations on the 2025 list, ‘Jane Austen’s ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

Biden accepted Francis' invitation to visit the Vatican during a Thursday phone call with the pope, the White House said in a statement. The two men have met several times. White House press ...

Pope Francis on Thursday expressed condolences to the archbishop of New Orleans over the attack in the US city that killed at least 15 people, in a note sent by the Vatican. "His holiness Pope ...

Some of these treasures are over 2,000 years old, and the Vatican has held them for five centuries. The vastness of the Vatican Library really can’t be overstated. Besides over two million ...