As Forbes ’ Leslie Katz reports, Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, encouraged the Fabbrica di San Pietro ...

Two youthful masterpieces by Baroque great Gian Lorenzo Bernini are on show at the Vatican Museums after leaving their previous hard-to-visit seat at the Spanish embassy to the Holy See. The works, ...

This has been a blockbuster election year politically, so it’s fitting that a new movie shines a light on an ancient and ...

The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made ...

Explore the ecumenical dialogue initiated by the Catholic Church post-Vatican II, focusing on the challenges of papal primacy ...

Sequestered cardinals would not tarry in long discussions, especially when they were away from the comfort of their own palaces, allowed only a single attendant and sleeping in simple cells. If they ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

A figurine of Luce, the new Vatican jubilee mascot designed by Simone ... who are already deeply critical of Pope Francis and his efforts to reform the church and make it more inclusive.

How this puzzle works is when you go into the main Fade space between all of the companion rooms, you may notice some random statues you can turn. The goal is to turn three pairs of statues ...

Amen. The Prayer to St. Michael was a regular feature of the Mass until the Vatican II era, though Pope John Paul II in 1994 urged Catholics to make the prayer a regular part of their lives.

The Vatican tribunal said it convicted a cardinal ... He had said the payments were authorized by Pope Francis as ransom to free a Colombian nun held hostage by al-Qaida-linked militants in ...

Conclave, which hit theaters this past weekend, plays Cardinal Lawrence, who leads the Vatican cardinals in the ancient process of selecting a new Pope after the pontiff’s unexpected death.