The pontiff's condition “remains critical,” the Holy See Press Office says in a statement issued Sunday evening.

Pope Francis is currently in a critical condition, with early signs of kidney failure according to blood tests. Vatican ...

When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

Pope get better soon!” and “Pope are you also afraid of syringes?” were among the tender sentences written under colourful ...

A sketch rescued in a dumpster in Hudson, New York is a long lost sketch by renowned English portrait painter George Romney.

The special event is expected to attract about 25 million visitors to participate in Rome's religious celebrations.

Planning a trip to Italy this year? You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious event ...

Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named ...

VATICAN—Another woman was appointed at the ... as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State. Italian Sister Raffaella Petrini, who currently serves as secretary ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on ...

Twenty-six museums and seven kilometres of galleries and corridors make up the Vatican collection, so everyone will find their favourites amid the sculpture, paintings and tapestries. Crowds are ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these sketches ...