Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

Almost a year after Pope Francis set up a commission to develop a large solar-panel array on Vatican property outside of Rome ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope.

“Thank you for courageously accepting the Lord’s invitation to follow him, to be disciples, to enter the seminary. You have ...

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...

Flushing resident Victor Mooney, presented a commemorative pennant to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City following a ...

The pontiff will spend July 6 to 20 about an hour's drive south in Castel Gandolfo, a small hamlet on Lake Albano, the ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully independent nation state in the world, according to Britannica .

While Vatican City is an independent city-state, it is entirely surrounded by Rome. The pope resides within Vatican City in the Apostolic Palace or, in some cases, alternative accommodations ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial ...