Besides the Holy Doors, other factors have contributed to the high number of people visiting Rome and other parts of Italy to ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Pope Francis, 88, is in critical condition with severe pneumonia, requiring high-flow oxygen and blood transfusions. Here's ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

Pope Francis is being treated for a "complex clinical situation" and will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, the ...

The young men and women also venture outside the city state to learn ... the “intarcio” method throughout the floors of St. Peter’s Basilica: “It’s very slow going, because it’s ...

Pope Francis followed Sunday mass and his traditional Angelus weekly prayer on television in a Rome hospital where the ...

With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

They gather in St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and prepare for the papal election ... It means the cardinals are isolated from the outside world: they are not allowed to communicate with anyone ...