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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...