Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

Senior members of the Catholic Church saw a new Vatican mobile post office in St. Peter’s Square inaugurated Friday morning. Cardinal President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in st. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan.

The epicenter of Roman Catholicism, St. Peter's Basilica is centered in Vatican City and is renowned for ... when he addresses the crowd in St. Peter's Square with prayers and songs.

The pope has faced several health challenges in recent years, including knee problems requiring a wheelchair, respiratory ...

On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the ...

If it were perfectly square, the Vatican would be less than a half mile by a half mile. The Vatican City State includes areas with free access, such as St. Peter’s Basilica or the Vatican ...

The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God's closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of ...

Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer on the occasion of the Epiphany day from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square ... general of the Vatican City State, responsible ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “The horror of the extermination of millions of Jews and people of other faiths” before and during World War II “can neither be forgotten nor denied,” Pope Francis said.