Fancy a pizza with a view? The Vatican is marking the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St. Peter’s Basilica with a ...

A speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlights how the MAGA movement is affecting Republicans, and if there really is a “Catholic moment” in U.S. politics.

Read the latest news on Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. Get live updates, reports, analysis and more on ...

America’s Cincinnatus and America’s Michelangelo are forever connected in a fresco adorning the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

From the breathtaking Amalfi Coast to eternal Rome, through the gentle Umbrian and Tuscan countryside to timeless Venice, this wide-ranging tour showcases ancient sites, contemporary life, priceless ...

Video. Javier Cercas won the 2025 European Book Prize with 'God's madman at the end of the world', a novel about one of Pope ...

The appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that resembled Premier Giorgia Meloni sparked a scandal for the church and state ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden to preach the first papal Lenten retreat of his pontificate with the Roman Curia later this month. Bishop Varden, a former abbot of Mount ...

VATICAN CITY — Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment," the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican ...