The 10th would be my birthday, and I was invited by private invitation to the Vatican Apostolic Library. “The Deputy Prefect, Dr. Timothy Janz, will welcome you” the email continued.

A new solar panel roof has been inaugurated at the Vatican to provide renewable energy to the museum. It’s part of Pope Francis' plans to ensure the city state in Rome runs entirely on green energy.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to ...

Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his ...

By the time of the Jubilee of the year 1500, the city had gradually transformed with the creation of the Vatican library, the rebuilding of the papal fortress of Castel Sant’Angelo and the ...

The Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week the opening of a historical exhibit in Vatican City titled “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity.” This pioneering event aims to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Italian naval ship “Amerigo Vespucci,” currently completing its global tour, has been designated a Jubilee church for the Holy... VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church must ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

29, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File) ROME (AP) — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for having abdicated for a day rather ...

The vastness of the Vatican Library really can't be overstated. Besides over two million printed books in every language from every continent, an additional eighty thousand written manuscripts are ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

A new tour of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo is opening in the spring for jubilee pilgrims who wish to escape the crowds in Rome for a day and immerse ...