Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance in a crowd of 120,000 young Catholics who gathered on Tuesday in Rome for the Vatican ...

Discover why Vatican City, the heart of the Catholic Church, remains an independent city-state entirely surrounded by Rome.

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

He was the pope who had the old Cappella Magna, the previous chapel that sat on the site, restored between 1477 and 1480, according to the Musei Vaticani, the official museum of the Vatican.

The Vatican has expressed doubts about Israeli statements saying an attack on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip was a ...

Catholic Church A look at the history of the Sistine Chapel, the site of the papal conclave Published May 7, 2025 • Updated on May 7, 2025 at 2:07 pm Log in or create a free profile to save articles ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...