Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the "reckless" and "unhuman" U.S. plans to gut USAID ...

Pope Francis has told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be ...

The Pope was previously admitted to hospital for three nights in 2023 with bronchitis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The footage, which has been circulated across social media, shows the unidentified vandal viciously kicking six golden candelabras from the altar of St Peter's Basilica yesterday evening.

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in st. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan.

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the Holocaust.

Nearly 30,000 soldiers and police officers flocked to Rome February 8-9 for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, the second major ...

Each year, the Italian state police lead a parade down Via della Conciliazione, the main street leading toward the Vatican, to St. Peter’s Square as part of the day’s celebrations. Kristina ...

Thanking members of the military and the police for their service, Pope Francis asked them to be on guard against seeing ...