In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

In 1517, a German priest and former monk named Martin Luther published ... This contributed to England breaking with the Catholic Church in Rome, and the development of the Church of England.

Rome's Gemelli hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated for bronchitis, is the favoured choice of pontiffs -- to the ...