Pope Leo XIV will greet Giro d'Italia bicyclists passing through Vatican City on Sunday, 1 June, in memory of Pope Francis, ...

First the audience with the tennis superstar Sinner, then the meeting with the athletes from Napoli, and now, Pope Leo XIV ...

Vatican museum walls are lined with the masterpieces ... As cardinals gathered in Rome, Becciu demanded admission to the conclave, arguing the pope had never stripped him of his title as cardinal.

As a U.S. citizen, the man formerly called Cardinal Robert Prevost technically is required to file returns to the IRS.

Sending clients to Rome this summer? Then now is the time to start booking tours, tickets and excursions to avoid ...

Think Naples is just a place to grab a ferry to Capri or gorge on pizza? Think again. This vibrant Mediterranean port has been a cultural mecca for millennia.

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. He was sent to Peru in 1985, where he began a transformative chapter of his life. Assigned to the ...

The Vatican Museums have announced a special evening opening on 14 July from 19.00-23.00 (last entrance 21.30) to view some of the Raphael tapestries, which for this occasion will be hung as they were ...

The Vatican Museums start their late evening openings again on Friday 9 April and they will continue every Friday evening until 9 July and then again from 3 September until 29 October. The late ...

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...