The novelist was based in Rome while writing his new novel and says the footprints of the Irish are all over the Eternal City.

In the New Testament Mary speaks only four times, beginning with the Annunciation, when, according to Luke’s Gospel, the angel Gabriel ... where plaster statues can fetch about 30 euros apiece ...

Customary for departments to work during papal hospital stays Press office publishing decisions as well as health updates Travel plans of senior officials continuing as usual VATICAN CITY ...

was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially the governor of the 44-hectare (108-acre) territory in Rome that is home to the Catholic Church. Petrini ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 18 - Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital for what doctors described as a "complex" respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs and will not participate in activities through the weekend because of his health issues ...

On Monday, Francis resumed doing some work and made his daily call to a Gaza City parish to check in on the Catholic community there. In a sign that other Vatican business was proceeding as usual ...

LONDON — Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his recovery. The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout ...

City crews removed the Christopher Columbus statue from its pedestal in Grant Park in July 2020. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Grant and ...

That evening, the Vatican said the Pope was in a "stable" condition with no fever. Image: Tributes adorn a statue of Pope John Paul II outside the hospital where Pope Francis is being treated.