Tourists who have booked to visit Rome in the coming weeks will experience the city during a rare historical moment.

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

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

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

When Pope Francis took over the Vatican’s leadership in 2013, the church was marred by an unsettled sex abuse crisis that ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

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

The days when European monarchs could veto papal candidates may be long gone, but campaigns to smear cardinals and ...

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

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

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 moderate voice.