Pope Francis, the trailblazing Catholic leader known for his human-rights advocacy and sharp political edge, died Monday, ...

According to Catholic belief, Peter was executed by Emperor Nero on Vatican Hill, a pagan burial site outside ancient Rome. (He is said to have asked to be crucified upside down; he did not feel ...

After the tour, you can walk over to Capitoline Hill to take a shortcut to ... We saved our last full day in Rome for ...

Massimo Siragusa / Constrasto / Redux Climbing the Campidoglio, or Capitoline Hill, which has lured visitors to Rome since the days ... national and Vatican bureaucracies to complete several ...

He hunted boar, without success (“We did hear that boars had been captured but saw nothing ourselves”), and climbed a hill ... of the Vatican museums and the National Museum of Rome, as ...

It is free to access. Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour (36224 reviews) Colosseum Arena Floor, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour ...

It is free to visit 24/7. Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour (36256 reviews) Colosseum Arena Floor, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Rome for meetings with the Vatican’s second in command and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, ...

There are no tickets required for the Via Crucis which is part of the Vatican's liturgical programme ... the Palatine Hill and the Domus Aurea. Cardinal Baldo Reina, the pope's vicar general of Rome, ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five ...