A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

Under canon law, a papal resignation is only valid if made freely and properly declared. “It is a personal decision that no one can impose on the pope,” a Vatican canon law expert emphasized.

A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of ...

The pope has arrived home to the Vatican after spending five weeks in hospital battling a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. It was an extraordinary journey home that saw him take two diversions ...

Next month, Charles will pass two milestones, becoming the first British monarch to visit the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, the resting place of St Paul since the reformation ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both lungs that threatened his life on two occasions and raised the ...

Italian social media users have flooded platforms with wild suggestions that the leader of the Catholic Church is dead and that the papal 'deep state' is hiding the news as the pontiff approaches ...

the preacher of the papal household told members of the Roman Curia. “When we gather to celebrate the Lord’s Supper,” the sign of the Eucharist is what makes visible that the Lord is “in ...

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a three-quarter view from behind wearing a purple stole typical of ...

COLORADO — In a release from Saturday morning, Governor Jared Polis announced that the Canadian National Flag will be raised at the State Capitol to celebrate March 15 as Colorado Canada ...