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

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

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

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

Jacob Derry, a Pontifical North American College student and seminarian for the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, helped organize ...

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

Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least ...

Pope Francis visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least ...

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

During the Vatican’s Chrism Mass, Cardinal Calcagno blessed the oil of the sick, the oil of catechumens, and the chrism oil, which will be used in the diocese throughout the coming year.

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.

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