As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

ROME—Pope Leo XIV prayed on Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the ...

This video explores the historical conflicts between the Papacy and Italy, culminating in the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader: the pope. They can also use the Vatican's ...

Vatican City has been its own fully-independent country since Feb. 11, 1929. ... the pope is also the head of Vatican City, a 100-acre sovereign state located in the heart of Rome.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals arriving for the first day of informal meetings after Pope Francis’ funeral were swarmed at the city-state’s gates by journalists eager for hints of whether any ...

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.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President JD Vance during a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican April 19, 2025.

In 2020, Francis also appointed Farrell as president of the Church's Commission on Confidential Matters and in 2023, the late pontiff elevated Farrell to president of the Vatican City State ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader -- the pope. Some 900 people live within ...