Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu and San Marino make up the world's smallest countries. The biggest of the group, San Marino, is only 25 square miles.

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

Find out how to start a business in Vatican City including niche industries, visa requirements and tax regulations.

As the College of Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, priests from the Archdiocese of Boston gathered in Andover for a long-planned convocation. To be sure, the ...

The renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within the Apostolic Palace, which is the pope’s official residence in Vatican City. Although, it was not always known by that name. Here is a look at the ...

Pope Francis, the head of state of Vatican City, died at 88 years old on Monday. Before his death, Pope Francis warned about the Vatican's pension fund.

The Vatican is crowded on the eve of public viewing of Pope Francis' body. He'll lie in state through Friday. A day later, world leaders including Trump and Zelenskyy are expected at his funeral.

Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week's conclave.

More than 150 cyclists will pedal for nearly two miles through an area of the Vatican rarely seen by the general public and live TV images will broadcast the scenes around the world. “The original ...

Vatican City is the physical area where the Holy See resides. The Holy See generates revenue from Peter’s Pence, a term dating back to the 8th century referring to donations received from ...

Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on. Tennis Pope Leo XIV heads the Catholic church from Vatican City — where a secret tennis court awaits ...

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully independent nation state in the world, according to Britannica .