As the subway line continues onward past the Colosseum, it will run underneath more of the world’s most important cultural ...

NPR has been following the story of three octogenarian Austrian nuns who broke out of a nursing home and back into their old convent. Now, they're hoping for a deal with the Vatican so they can stay.

The Jubilee Year of Hope concludes Jan. 6, but the graces will continue. Pope Francis urged the faithful to make a pilgrimage ...

Rome opened two new metro stations after decades of careful excavation, featuring newly discovered artifacts and ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.

Cardinal Dolan, who turned 75 last February, reportedly submitted his resignation as required under church law, though Pope ...

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...

Leo seems to be understanding that his ministry must be open to the world — a world that does not understand Italian.

How a homeless man’s likeness ended up on display at the Vatican - The story of art and faith, and a human tragedy, caught ...