With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

VATICAN CITY — As pilgrims and world leaders alike prepare to say goodbye to Pope Francis at his funeral Saturday, Rome is racing to ... the head of Italy’s civil protection service.

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)— With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis’s death, Italy and the Vatican are rolling out a ...

ROME — With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis’s death, Italy and the Vatican ... in the Eternal City, which hosted ...

The Vatican has announced ... just outside Rome. On Saturday, April 26, there will be a day of thematic events throughout Rome, called “Dialogues with the City.” One of the culminating moments ...

The world's smallest country: You’ll be shocked to know that Vatican City is a mere 44 hectares, but it has colossal worldwide influence. A part of Rome ... efficient than Italy's and allows ...

With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis's death, Italy ... City, which hosted around 200 delegations. As Francis's body was laid ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...