a 1981 assassination attempt in Rome, and the most recent Holy Year in 2000, during which the church apologized for historical wrongdoings. St. John Paul II was canonized April 27, 2014, by Pope ...

WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...

The world’s smallest sovereign state has a population of less than 800 and is surrounded by the city of Rome, but the Vatican City has felt the need to toughen punishments for people entering ...

Lim Kimya, the Khmer-French politician recently assassinated in Bangkok, has been laid to rest near Paris as Buddhist rites were performed at pagodas across the world, attended by friends, family and ...

Pope Francis urged all parties to implement the Gaza ceasefire agreement and expressed gratitude to mediators during his weekly address on Sunday, Vatican News reported. "I express my gratitude to ...

In 1935, an additional 98 individuals were sentenced, 19 to prison and 79 to exile, for playing a role in the assassination ... who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 and was later forgiven by the ...

Apostolic Exhortation on Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania: Walking His Way, Telling His Truth, Living His Life Pope John Paul II Rome, November 22, 2001 Reference to Mary: paragraph 5 and 53, ...

Joshua Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati), a Nigerian cardinal who would make history by being the first Black pope, but holds retrograde views about homosexuality; Joseph Tremblay (John Lithgow), a morally ...

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, ...

Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says. In a statement, the Holy See press office said that due to a fall Thursday morning in ...