ROME -- The Vatican city court on Saturday sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once touted as a possible papal contender, to 5 1/2 years in prison for mismanaging a Vatican property ...

Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

The pope, meeting the Ukrainian leader for the 2nd time in his two-month-old papacy, also discussed with Zelenskyy 'the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope. Skip to content Mastodon Covering the world of religion.

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully independent nation state in the world, according to Britannica .

Vatican City, the seat of the worldwide Catholic administration, the Holy See, is nestled on the west bank of the Tiber River in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, ... Vatican City and the Holy See employ about 2,000 people, with an operating budget of about $835 million.

A new section of a historic burial site beneath Vatican City has been unearthed — and now it's open to the public for the first time. The Necropolis of Via Triumphalis offers visitors a look at ...