An emotional encounter between Peruvian representatives and <a href=" Leo XIV took place at St. Peter's Square, where a ...

The Vatican has not been a major player on the geopolitical stage in, well, at least a few centuries. The Catholic state is tiny, and has not had a real army or ruled land since, give or take a ...

St. Peter's Basilica is the biggest (and for Catholics, the most sacred) church in the world. Its artworks, like Michelangelo's Pieta, have been known to make peasants and popes weep. Everywhere you ...

Pope Leo XIV took a private meeting at the Vatican with a delegation of Catholic priests from the International Association of Exorcists, who warned the Pontiff of a terrifying rise in “occultism, ...

Ten months after taking office, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday finally moved into his apartments in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, a historic papal residence that his predecessor had eschewed. "This ...

Deep within the walls of Vatican City lies a repository of secrets, a library of power, and a documented history of the world seen through the eyes of one of its oldest and most influential ...

ROME (OSV News) — The Society of St. Pius X has rejected a Vatican offer of dialogue and said it will move forward with plans to ordain bishops without a papal mandate this summer. In a letter sent to ...

ROME (OSV News) — Four hundred years after its consecration, St. Peter’s Basilica is getting a 21st-century upgrade, with the Vatican unveiling plans for AI-powered translation services, expanded ...

Doctrinal office tells traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without papal mandate would mean a 'decisive rupture' of communion. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for ...

(OSV News) – The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has no plans to visit the United States this year. “The pope will not be going to the United States in 2026,” Vatican spokesman Matteo ...

Contemporary art is powerful vehicle for communicating values, challenging reality, and understanding the times we live in, says Cristiana Perrella. Cristiana Perrella was appointed the first woman ...

Father Richard Kunst, curator of the Vatican Unveiled exhibit and priest of the Diocese of Duluth, looks at a display containing artifacts of St. Pope John Paul II Jan. 9 at Vatican Unveiled at the ...