The White House announced that President Joe Biden will head to Italy early next month for a public meeting with Pope Francis ...

Its main attractions include St. Peter's Square, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; St. Peter's Basilica, with its iconic dome ...

At the same time, visitor numbers to the city-state have still not recovered to their pre-Covid levels. The growing financial crisis could potentially impact the ability of the Vatican to pay out ...

The latest news, features and stories on the Vatican City. It is a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. and home to Pope Francis.

The Pope has been given a new electric popemobile, equipped with a rotating heated seat and special places for the Swiss Guards to stand to protect the pontiff. The white vehicle, built by ...

Francis’ new constitution is the third Fundamental Law since 1929, when the Vatican City State was founded with the Lateran Treaty. It defines the role of the Secretariat of State, stating that ...

Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2021. (Gregorio Borgia/AP) (CN) — Vatican City cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human Rights ruled ...

Was he to be received as the head of Vatican City or as the head of the Catholic ... particularly those in the Secretariat of State. It was not so much the old-fashioned view of “It is enough ...