The new pontiff has implemented an agreement signed in 2018 between the Holy See and Beijing, though some Catholic factions ...

Simona Halep is now enjoying her retirement. After playing her final tournament last February in her hometown of Cluj-Napoca, ...

The Vatican Bank - or the Institute for the Works ... which identified billions of lire worth of illegal transactions. And when they dug even deeper, they found massive debts of as much as $1 ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to ...

This agreement granted the Holy See full ownership of the Vatican territory and promised financial restitution—1.75 billion lire (approximately £800 million in today's money). In exchange ...

The ailing pope was short of breath, sitting beneath a cherished painting of Mary, Untier of Knots, as he worked through a last-ditch plan to disentangle the finances of one of the world’s most ...

Though the Holy See has not disclosed the details, arranging it is an expensive affair This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows cardinals during a holy mass for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope Francis’ death and the election of his successor.

The conclave to elect Pope Francis‘ successor will start on May 7, the Vatican said on Monday following a closed-door meeting of cardinals at the Vatican, the first since Francis’ funeral on ...