A U.S. tourist visiting Rome needed 80 stitches after he was impaled while climbing over a fence at the Colosseum, local ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Inside the Sistine Chapel, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo reflects on unity and leadership as cardinals prepare to elect a new Pope.

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was ...

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

The Vatican has officially closed the Sistine Chapel to the public as preparations begin for the conclave that will elect the ...

The new pope will be the successor to Francis I, who died on April 21 at age 88 after a 12-year papacy. Here's everything you ...

Raniero Mancinelli, an 86-year-old tailor from Rome, is preparing a cassock for the new pope, whose selection will take place ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

First Minister John Swinney is among the Scots who have travelled to the Italian capital for the ceremony.