The US vice-president will meet Italy's prime minister but an audience at the Vatican could also happen, the BBC learns.

The vice president is set to travel to Rome for a three-day trip that includes high-level meetings at the Vatican, where his ...

While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a ...

Pope Francis kept annual Holy Week appointment visiting dozens of inmates in a Rome prison on Thursday. The 88-year-old is ...

The pontiff met with about 70 inmates, along with the prison workers and chaplains, for about 30 minutes, according to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office.

Pope Francis met for nearly a half-hour with some 70 inmates at the Regina Coeli prison in Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood.

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

Francis delegated to two cardinals his role in presiding over this weekend's Easter masses, The Vatican Press Office said on Wednesday.

Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, paid a surprise visit on Thursday to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of ...

Millions of Catholics are flocking to the Italian capital this year. But despite public works and investment, some residents ...

In the Middle Ages, the Roman Church replaced this idea of debt cancellation with the concept of plenary indulgence—an ...