When Pope Francis criticized the idea as un-Christian in February 2016, Trump's social media director Dan Scavino accused the pontiff of hypocrisy, given the Vatican City's own network of walls.

Trump campaign director of social media, Dan Scavino, then responded with a tweet: “Amazing comments from the pope — considering Vatican City is 100% surrounded by massive walls.” ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The papal spokesman is stressing that Pope Francis often says build bridges, not walls, and that his remark while flying back from Mexico wasn't targeting U.S. presidential ...

In contrast, just outside the Vatican walls, the entire city of Rome has been on lockdown since March 10 and all non-essential work has been prohibited. Anyone defying the lockdown faces fines up ...

In contrast, just outside the Vatican walls, the entire city of Rome has been on lockdown since March 10 and all non-essential work has been prohibited. Anyone defying the lockdown faces fines up ...

Tourists in the long lines Thursday that snaked around Vatican City walls were not happy about the inconvenience. “It’s certainly a disadvantage,” said Giuseppe Amoruso, an Italian.

On the morning of March 2, a group of researchers gathered outside of a gate in Vatican City. They were waiting to view the archives of Pope Pius XII — a collection of millions of documents, which had ...

Tourists in the long lines Thursday that snaked around Vatican City walls were not happy about the inconvenience. "It's certainly a disadvantage," said Giuseppe Amoruso, an Italian.