Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

The historic overseas tour was due to be the King’s first meeting with the Pope as monarch and head of the Church of England.

Before leaving the hospital, the Pope gave a thumbs-up to the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony.

After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

From a balcony, Francis greeted hundreds of people waiting outside the hospital where he had been treated for respiratory ...