During its history, Britain invaded the territory of more than 170 countries, equivalent to almost 90% of the world.

VATICAN CITY -- A weak and frail Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, making a surprise stop at ...

ROME – Confidential documents from forty years ago suggest that at the time of the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the so-called “Vatican girl” whose fate has become the premier ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. The full name of the country is State of Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on Friday, the sixth day of his convalescence in the Vatican after a five-week ...

The Vatican has confirmed that the 88-year-old pontiff will offer a blessing and a wave from Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday. Francis has been hospitalised since February 14, when he was ...

A weak and frail Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, making a surprise stop at his favorite ...