Vatican City THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE PIAZZA SAN PIETRO Monday evening to pray the rosary and honor the life of Pope Francis ...

Euclid is a six-year mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) aimed at mapping the dark universe by analyzing the positions ...

Donald Trump could be forced into a 'third-tier' seat at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday due to a Vatican protocol ...

The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican ... Some 900 people live within its ancient walls, from the pontiff himself to red-hatted cardinals, nuns, priests, diplomats, and lay people such as gardeners ...

"I say this as a lifelong Catholic. He ought to focus on his work and leave enforcement to us. He's got a wall around the ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners — monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists — turned ...

VATICAN CITY — President Trump has worked aggressively in his second term to tear at the fabric of America’s post-WWII alliance with Europe. But his decision to fly halfway around the world to ...

Some 900 people live within its ancient walls ... in the Vatican", a claim held by subsequent popes until the Italian government struck a deal. In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

Pope Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by ...