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

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

How does Vatican City manage essential services in such a tiny space? 🏛️ Discover the hidden infrastructure supporting the Vatican, from a private train station and eco-friendly initiatives to a ...

Cardinal Walter Kasper, a respected German theologian and a longtime conservative voice at the Vatican, told a German church ...

Contrary to what I wrote in my October 5 Vatican Diary, at the Paul VI audience ... worried “about what’s being cooked up in this secret synod.” Here’s a summary of what’s happened ...

Novelist Dan Brown has peered often into the behind-the-scenes world of Roman Catholicism, including with “The Da Vinci Code” ...

Arresting from the first moment to the last, Edward Berger’s “Conclave” looks at the current state of the Catholic Church, an ...

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A Vatican tribunal on Wednesday defended its 2023 decision to convict a senior Catholic cardinal of misappropriation of funds, saying the prelate was "aware of all the steps" in a botched $200 million ...

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 ...

Because the Vatican has published very little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know ...