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

The Vatican allows Catholic marriages to take place in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the small city ...

A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the Vatican bank.

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

12 at the Vatican. (CNS/Lola Gomez) After all, this is a pontiff who chose to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on his very first trip outside of Rome following his election as pope to ...

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

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, earned the unenviable title of Binsky’s least favourite European destination. Despite acknowledging its fascinating monuments, including St.

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 ...