The pontiff spent a period of rest July 6–22 in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo about 15 miles from Rome on the shores of ...

Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission was how Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday. The pope's birth name is Robert Francis Prevost.

On Sunday, April 6, Pope Francis appeared in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to the surprise of the more than 20,000 faithful who were following the Sunday Mass in the capital of Catholicism.

Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, and will feature simpler rituals in keeping with the more down-to ...

Libero Milone, the Vatican’s first auditor general, says he was forced out after uncovering financial misconduct and vows to ...

A Special Conversation on a Historic Day On the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, something truly remarkable ...

Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Observatory. He commemorated the 1969 moon landing. He observed the Sea of Tranquility. The ...

Half a million young believers are expected in Rome next week for the Vatican’s “Jubilee of Youth” during a “Holy Year” ...

Pope Leo XIV announced 15 massive reforms "set to change the Catholic Church forever" in July 2025. A rumor that circulated ...

Discover the pope's summer getaway, an Italian hillside town called a 'Mediterranean Paradise' with beautiful gardens and a ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. The pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Square. Vice President JD Vance had just met with the pope on Sunday.