The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the head of the Catholic Church and head of state. In order to govern both, he ...

burst of magnificent art and all the evidence you need of a ... There's been a reduction, a reduction, a reduction of ritual. Even in the Roman Catholic Church, my God, they've translated the ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless Greco-Roman bronze statue that was pillaged from the ancient city of Bubon in south-central Turkey. The larger-than-life statue of a draped male ...

The pope is both the head of the Catholic Church and head of state. In order to govern both, he has the Roman Curia ... by virtue of their office or their ordination. Finally, compared with ...

From his hospital bed, Pope Francis stays in touch with Catholic parishioners in Gaza Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting ...

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being ...

An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...