Military exercises by the Chinese navy in international waters southeast of Australia on Friday forced commercial flights ...

Who could be the next pope? After Pope Francis, what pontiff is next in line for head of the Catholic Church and the Vatican. Here's what we know.

Welcoming me at the entrance of the Vatican Library is Don Giacomo Cardinali, commissioner of the Exhibition Hall and ...

Pope Francis' condition isn't life-threatening, but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, as the 88-year-old ...

This month, the Vatican released a document with guidelines ... but neighbors and activists in London fear tapped phone lines and suppressed protests. Greenland’s Big Moment: Ignored for ...

But in reality, the ­Vatican has not only its own secret service but also a roster of “James Bonds in cassocks” trained to ­parachute behind enemy lines. New book Vatican Spies, by Yvonnick ...

TIRANA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious ...

The special event is expected to attract about 25 million visitors to participate in Rome's religious celebrations.

The Vatican Longevity Summit will not be an isolated ... and spirituality. Furthermore, in line with shared ethical and anthropological principles, the International Institute of Neurobioethics ...

Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, met yesterday in Saudi Arabia with the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince ...

In 1981 a drunken Vatican mole passed on information to the ... On moving into his new office, Bertone discovered that all the phone lines had been tapped and there were microphones everywhere ...