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

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of ...

Pope Francis met with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City in September 2023. As a Catholic queen, she has "le privilège du blanc," or the privilege ...

Pope Francis is showing "slight improvements" as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said Friday, ...

celebrated in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace. In the evening, Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz, secretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, led the recitation of the rosary for ...

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 ...

Francis was again absent on Sunday for the Angelus, normally delivered at midday from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking Saint Peter's Square, publishing the text instead. "Dearest ...

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 ...