Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in ...

“I have to say I’ve been particularly pleased with the Vatican’s work in Nicaragua as well, and I hope that they would be at the table in whatever plans are made internationally to address ...

Pope Francis has restored priestly faculties to 94-year-old Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, who had been suspended a divinas in 1984 for holding a cabinet position in Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, in ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in his movements and speech. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a three-quarter view from behind wearing a purple stole typical of ...

What does the flag of Vatican City look like? What should it look like? Beyond the recognizable general design of the yellow-and-white flag with the crossed keys on its right side representing the ...

The Vatican on Thursday released a historical document to recognize the opening of the Council of Nicaea, convened during the pontificate of Pope Sylvester I in 325. The International ...

In a world where kids are consistently glued to their screens and Minecraft rules the digital playground, the Vatican is stepping up its game - literally. Vatican officials have unveiled "Peter is ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...

VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - The Vatican's Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher held a phone call on Friday with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss the war in Ukraine and ...