The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

In 1989, Pope John Paul II issued an apostolic letter warning that “the disappearance of Lebanon would be one of the world’s ...

Situated on the outskirts of ancient Rome along the still-visible Aurelian Walls is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the ...

The Vatican City is in the center of Rome – but technically it is a different ... Very beautiful, really beautiful statue. Powerful muscles. The body is really nice... Charli: Standing in ...

The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ ...

The verdict regarding Austrian Father Gebhard Paul Maria Sigl, cofounder of the Family of Mary, was reached by a three-judge ...

The statue of the Virgin chosen by the Vatican to represent hope during the opening of the Jubilee comes from Battipaglia, a center particularly renowned for buffalo mozzarella. The 19th-century ...

I then set off on my mission: to explore as much of Rome and the Vatican City as I could in 48 hours. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week ...

Following the discovery of the statue in Rome in 1489, Pope Julius II requested the Apollo Belvedere to be brought to the Vatican in the early 16th century to be part of a papal collection known ...

After praising popular piety in his latest encyclical, Dilexit nos, Pope Francis is expected in Corsica in mid-December for a conference on this topic. An expert on popular piety looks at why, despite ...

Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public ...

The Vatican is located within the city of Rome, encompassing 110 acres with a population of under 1,000, which makes it the world’s smallest country. While the Vatican may be small in size ...