The Vatican City is the least populated country in the world because it has fewer than 1,000 residents (around 800–850 people ...

The Vatican has sought to engage young people in the 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage with the introduction of Luce, an anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee.

Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...

The Vatican City State includes areas with free access, such as St. Peter’s Basilica or the Vatican Museums, which require prior security checks. However, there are other entrances flanked by ...

A tiny little European country that is the smallest in the world by size and population has a zero birth rate. Spread over ...

Kingdoms are a fascinating thing to study. For most of human history, people gathered around kingdoms to provide protection ...

Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini will become head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State in March.

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican document released Tuesday ... Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in st. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia ...

Travelers heading to Italy in 2025 should be aware of pickpockets in crowded areas, even in churches or religious sites. They ...

The authorship of The Associated Press’s renowned “napalm girl” photograph is being called into question in the new ...

VATICAN CITY — The once-powerful archbishop ... listened to,” he told The Associated Press on Saturday just outside St. Peter’s Square. “I think I also let go of a heavy weight, which ...

Pope Francis falls and hurts his arm, Vatican says, weeks after another fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin.