VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways ...

Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected ...

Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

New pope is elected: How to watch Vatican smoke cam livestream White smoke has appeared from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signifying Pope Leo XIV as new pope leading the Catholic Church.

The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City. Who are the most powerful people at the Vatican, besides the pope?

Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City Trump is only the second sitting U.S. president to attend a papal funeral — and comes against the backdrop of the ...

Arthur Findlay of Wanamaker’s once tried to convince the Pope to open a six-hole golf course. It, umm, didn't work out.

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial ...

Cardinals this morning held their first of what will be many daily meetings, cloistered away from the Vatican crowds as they firm up plans for Pope Francis’ funeral, which will be held Saturday ...

Pope Francis’ coffin is set to be driven through Rome in an open-top hearse to his final resting place at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. MSNBC’s Claudio Lavanga breaks down some of the most ...

Pope Francis' funeral was Saturday and he was then buried at Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Here's why he wasn't buried at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

The Vatican City State, home to the Pope, will replace its entire fleet of vehicles with EVs by 2030. Volkswagen will deliver fully electric cars, including the ID.3 and ID.4, to the Vatican State ...