A Vatican spokesman told journalists Friday morning ... It was the first time he has been seen without his papal attire. The Holy See Press Office confirmed that Francis continues to receive ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists Friday morning ... It was the first time he has been seen without his papal attire. Let’s keep praying for his recovery! The Holy See Press Office confirmed ...

Unlike previous Vatican spokesmen, Navarro-Valls did not relay information only through bureaucratic channels. He regularly met with John Paul before and after papal trips, discussing key topics ...

she reflected on papal communication styles given her nearly 50 years as a correspondent in Rome. Alazraki said she first came to Rome as a Vatican correspondent with Mexican television network ...

or Papal Bulls, issued in the 15th century. Among the earliest and most significant was Dum Diversas (1452), issued by Pope Nicholas V. This decree explicitly authorized Portugal to conquer ...

In images released by the Vatican, the Pope can be seen wearing his usual white papal attire - also called house dress. The Pope, 88, was discharged from hospital in late March after five weeks of ...

As Ukraine experienced a deadly weekend with a barrage of attacks from Russia on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv, the capital, the papal almoner ... "We unfastened the Vatican registration plates, and handed ...

His return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, brought tangible relief to the Vatican and Catholic faithful who have been ...

The Pope then began his journey home to the Vatican for a two-month period of rest and convalescence - but not before making two diversions. He made a short stop at the Papal Basilica to pray - a ...

In 1493, after Spain first sent its ships to islands in the Caribbean, Pope Alexander VI issued the Doctrine of Discovery, a series of papal bulls granting all newly “discovered” lands to ...