The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the ...

Off St. Peter’s Square next to the Vatican, a 19th-century palace was converted in 2020 into a homeless shelter by Pope ...

BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

"We want to make sure that it is a welcoming professional. It meets the moment for when Congress has people coming to visit them," said Thomas Austin.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of St Isidore's College, an Irish Franciscan landmark and Ireland's national church in ...

Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before its conversion into a ...

Clement IX, born Giulio Rospigliosi, is the most recent pope to be buried at St. Mary Major, having been laid to rest there ...