A historic secret passage connecting the Vatican with Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo has reopened to the public on Monday. View on ...

In a rare conversation with Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis talked about Catholics in Gaza and the legacy he hopes to leave in ...

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday opens the 2025 Holy Year, kicking off a celebration of the Catholic Church that is ...

New renovations and AI-powered digital tours offer visitors a chance to see the historic site ahead of the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope.

Though Hanukkah doesn't start until sundown of Dec. 25 this year, the day marks only the second time this century that the ...

Italy and the Vatican have completed the restoration of a secret walkway used down the years as an escape passage for popes and fictionally employed by the villains and heroes of Dan Brown's ...

The New Orleans Keep Christ in Christmas Committee has placed 59 billboards throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who ...

The traces of the Romans, and especially their road network, are everywhere, as Catherine Fletcher reminds us in “The Roads to Rome.” Ms. Fletcher, a historian at Manchester Metropolitan ...