The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...

Before me is an expansive, arid landscape—a realm of valleys, chasms, and crevasses, of steep cliffs and dusty soil, framed by distant mountains. It might as well be on the moon itself, save for the ...

As an 88-foot spruce arrives in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican workers assemble a nativity honoring St. Alphonsus Liguori and ...

Catholic missionaries sent thousands of Indigenous belongings to Rome for a 1925 exhibition. Beyond what the Vatican has now ...

Some of the most resonant and memorable phrases of Vatican II come from “Lumen Gentium,” including the description of the ...

The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test ...

This video explores how Vatican City maintains independence as a sovereign state inside Italy, highlighting its religious and ...

St. Peter’s Basilica features soaring domes, intricate marble columns, and gilded ceilings that define the scale of Vatican ...

The Bible was commissioned by Borso D’Este, who became duke of Ferrara in northeastern Italy in the mid-1400s. Borso enlisted ...

This is how Italy's flag-carrier, ITA Airways, sets up and operates the plane that carries the pope, often dubbed "Shepherd ...