And no, we’re not talking about Vatican City, but another microstate within Italy — the Republic of San Marino, the world’s fifth smallest country, also considered the oldest country in Europe.

The centre of Rome is easy to navigate on foot, and being here alone means you can enjoy the sights at your own pace. I would ...

The Vatican is located within the city of Rome, encompassing 110 acres with a population of under 1,000, which makes it the world’s smallest country. While the Vatican may be small in size ...

Laura Itzkowitz While Vatican City is home to both the Roman Catholic Church's governing body and its leader, the pope, this small nation within Rome offers a wealth of attractions open to ...

Advocates for survivors called it an exercise in obfuscation. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Ten years after it was established, a Vatican commission on clerical sexual abuse ...

(RNS) – Pope Francis asked the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to draft a report to promote ‘transparency and accountability.’ VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A report published ...

The city-state’s tribunal issued 816 pages of written motivations from its Dec. 16 verdicts in the Vatican’s “trial of the century.” The two-year trial of 10 people was borne out of the ...

Luce, he said, will also be the face of the Holy See’s pavilion at Expo 2025 in the Japanese city of Osaka. She will represent the Vatican’s pavilion theme, ‘Beauty Brings Hope,’ alongside ...

but Stops Short on Women Clergy By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a call for women to be granted more leadership ...

The Vatican has unveiled a new mascot for the Catholic Church in the hope of engaging young people - a cartoon character named Luce. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Vatican's chief organiser for ...

The city-state’s tribunal issued 816 pages of written motivations from its Dec. 16 verdicts in the Vatican’s “trial of the century.” The two-year trial of 10 people was borne out of the ...