The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on Vatican Hill in northwestern Rome, Italy west of the Tiber River. It is comprised of roughly 100 acres. Tall stone walls ...

The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City. The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

VATICAN CITY — A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history ...