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

The stories about Catholics that Hollywood tells—and awards—has as much to do with what is happening with the church ...

The Vatican was "utterly let down" by an Italian financier over the Catholic Church's botched investment in a high-end London property, a judge ruled on Friday following a trial at which a senior aide ...

Since the ceiling of a historical church in Salvador, Bahia state, fell and killed a tourist on Feb. 5, government agencies have already shut down 12 churches in the city under risk of collapsing.

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian ...

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

Visitors holding umbrellas featuring Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican stand ...

Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery.

Reflecting on the visit of the Magi to the child Jesus, the pope encouraged Christians to follow in the footsteps of these ...

CNN’s Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb reports from outside of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is ...

EDINBURGH boasts a hidden gem often likened to the Sistine Chapel, offering visitors a breathtaking view of floor-to-ceiling ...