Last year, the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican saw a spike in requests for tickets to Vatican events.

Italy’s conservative Premier Giorgia Meloni faces a pivotal political test in a two-day referendum on judicial reform. The ...

King Felipe of Spain and Queen Letizia, left, are shown the gravesite of late Pope Francis by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, ...

Last September, late teen Carlo Acutis was canonised by Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first millennial saint - and now his ...

INTERVIEW: Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, the apostolic nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, discusses the ...

Soar above the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas. This drone footage captures the ...

ROME (AP) — Some of the lesser-known treasures at San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome, known for Michelangelo’s massive marble statue of Moses, are finally being restored. Thanks to an infusion of ...

Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and hours after vowing to humbly follow in his predecessor's footsteps. Vatican ...

Saturday evening, Leo prayed before Francis's simple marble tomb inside Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica. Like Francis, Leo shares a commitment to the poor and disadvantaged, and a focus on ...

Pope Francis' modest tomb drew massive queues on the first day of public viewing in Rome on April 27, a day after an estimated 400,000 people turned out for his funeral and burial. Thousands flocked ...

Francis decided to be buried in St. Mary Major No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican since 1903 Only his name is inscribed on top of the marble tomb A single white rose was placed on his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors arrive at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to visit the tomb of the Late Pope Francis, one day after his burial. The ...