Francis, originally from Argentina and the first pope from the Americas, is also the first pope in more than a century to live outside the Vatican's apostolic palace, an ornate Italian Renaissance ...

Pope Francis’ recent visits, like his stop at St. Mary Major, were announced with little notice. What do these surprise ...

The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of ...

The Superior General of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SCV), José David Correa González, signs the decree that ...

On Monday, July 1, the College of Cardinals met with Pope Francis in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory, where they voted to approve the canonization of Carlo ...

Pope Francis is showing "slight improvements" as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said Friday, hinting that the 88-year-old pontiff could appear this weekend for the Angelus ...

and the well-being of families is of fundamental importance for the Church and society,” he said on Jan. 18 at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Cinotti emphasized that the Swiss Guard “prays and ...

To anyone who has been to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, this description will not ring quite true. The price for seeing Michelangelo’s Last Judgment and world-renowned ...

Its historic centre, comprising the the Papal Palace, the Episcopal ensemble and the Avignon Bridge, is an outstanding example of medieval architecture. Resulting from an exceptional episode in ...