From handmade pasta-making to world-class shopping—the Eternal City is so much more than ancient ruins, best experienced ...

Roberto Savarese, a 56-year-old funeral director from the Italian city of Bari, was the first person to discover the body of ...

ROME, Italy - Young homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay ...

The Catholic Church is not exactly known for its tolerance of transsexuals. But after a priest near Rome called the Vatican's attention to the difficulties faced by a group of transsexuals in his ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

The baby was discovered at the San Giovanni Battista Church in Bari, Italy, on Jan. 2, according to local media ...

With this, the opening of all five holy doors in Rome for the Roman Catholic Church’s ‘Jubilee of Hope’ is now complete. The ceremony is historic because the basilica was bu ...

Today, Pope Francis opens a Holy Door at the Church of ... The city of Rome has invested 4.8 billion euros for over 600 projects to really change the face of the capital of Italy.

“I am in Rome ... boxes are found throughout Italy and were introduced in 2006 to help women anonymously leave babies they cannot care for in heated cribs at churches and hospital.

Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to ...