Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

Davies pulled what she calls her film "community card" to snag private early morning Vatican tours for key members of ...

Because the Vatican has published very little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know how it makes money as a sovereign city-state with its own economy.

The Vatican has announced that the completed restorations on the soaring baldacchino over the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini will be unveiled on Oct. 27.

And is there a higher place than the Vatican? O'Hara and Welch married in 1992, and are still married, but as a wedding gift, Burton gave the couple he helped set up a private tour of the Vatican.

With Pope Francis turning 88 in December, some Cardinals are already looking for possible successors at the Vatican.

Pope Francis on Thursday told employees of the Vatican's extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted cardinals.

During the entire process, the prelates are cut off from communicating with the outside world and must live in seclusion inside the Vatican. Conclaves have a reputation as a no-holds-barred ...

NEW YORK -- The Vatican tribunal said Wednesday it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his “objectively inexplicable behavior” in paying a self-styled ...

I was happy to be one of the first to play a couple hours of a preview of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in San Francisco ...