Minecraft, the popular video game known for its blocky, pixelated graphics, has launched a new educational edition that ...

Historical records referenced such a work in the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, but over time it vanished from ...

Located in the Vatican’s Secret Archives and discovered in 1590 by Benedictine monk Arnold Wion, "The Prophecy of the Popes" is making headlines due to a prophecy that ties with Pope Francis ...

Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and the culture of the region. She has been a journalist for 35 years. More about Elisabetta Povoledo ...

If you're visiting the Vatican, you might be surprised to learn that this common item is banned. Here's why you can't bring ...

The visit will see a symbolic building of links between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, of which King ...

Italy’s Movement for Life, “in harmony with the whole church,” places at the center of its concern “the dignity of the person ...

The 88-year-old pontiff is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement ...

The pope has emerged as an increasingly lonely moral voice against perilous global trends like nationalism and populism.

"We do not want simply to coexist; we want to live together in sincere and mutual esteem," said the message for the month of ...

Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, suffered a breathing "crisis" on Friday which caused him to vomit but he was given air and responded well, the Vatican said. The episode came just hours after ...

Pat Conroy was the epitome of the "Southern Writer" for many years and called by some "the most beloved American writer of ...