When the cardinals gather in Rome to elect Pope Francis’s successor, two issues will weigh on their decision: the Catholic ...

Many know the Vatican City as a city and not as a country. But did you know that the Vatican City is the smallest country in ...

Pope Francis speaks to the faithful at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 6, 2025, part of the jubilee of the sick and the health workers. (AP Photo/Andrew ...

Requiescat in pace. That is the Latin phrase abbreviated as R.I.P. on so many memorials. The common English use “rest in ...

After similar outreach to Sunnis, the pontiff's 2021 meeting with Shia's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani transcended ...

It’s part bureaucracy, part democracy, part theocracy, and part epic drama. The election of a new Pope, spiritual leader of ...

Representing Iran is Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who like many of his generation is a veteran of the bloody Iran-Iraq ...

Iran confirmed Wednesday that the next round of nuclear talks with the United States this weekend will be held in Rome after ...

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program appeared ready to leave the Middle East on Monday, as an Italian source and ...

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 31,560 ...

In February, Pope Francis issued a remarkable letter to ... “This doesn’t require theocracy, or handing the state over to the Church, but it does mean that secularism has failed miserably.

LEXINGTON — There were no shortage of memorable moments in Mark Pope's first year as Kentucky basketball's coach. Off the court, Pope notched victories on the recruiting trail in the 2025 cycle ...