Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

As cardinals gather in Rome this week to select the next pope, global news networks covering every twist and turn will be ...

When Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis upon becoming pope, it was a tribute to his favorite saint. Others took ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to ...

All cardinals who will elect new pope arrive in Rome ahead of conclave - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

Fiorello Maffei, a 58-year-old who lives in London, returned to Italy for the now postponed canonisation of Carlo, a Londoner ...

Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as ...

The modest tomb draws huge queues on the first day of public viewing a day after tens of thousands attended his funeral.

Pietro Parolin could be the first Italian to serve in the papacy since 1978. The 70-year-old is known as a diplomat and a ...