Since it became independent in 1929, Vatican City has been the world’s smallest state. Every evening the gates close, leaving ...

The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...

Argentine pontiff was taken to Agostino Gemelli Policlinico Hospital after finishing morning engagements at Vatican ...

During the first hearing in a civil trial over the firing of a couple from their jobs at the Vatican Bank over a ...

The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

Located in a tower just steps inside Vatican City, the bank was long mired in scandal but spent over a decade cleaning up its books and ridding itself of its reputation as an offshore tax haven.

Pope Francis speaks to visitors in Spanish during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12 at the Vatican. (CNS/Lola Gomez) After all, this is a pontiff who chose to visit the ...