The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis appointed Cardinal McElroy, 70, as archbishop of Washington, a high-profile see that includes about 667,000 Catholics in the District of Columbia and ...

The swimming pool attached to Ireland’s Embassy to the Vatican almost caused a diplomatic incident. The 17th century mansion on Gianicolo Hill overlooking Rome had a swimming pool attached for ...

I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...

Unlike Italy, which has robust labor laws protecting workers' rights, Vatican employees often find they have fewer legal ...

Several cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau this September were greeted on the dock with a sign that asked a religious ...

Cicioni, 52, has been serving as the Vatican’s head tailor since 1997 ... To protect the stitching on the cape from sweat erosion, a niggling problem, Cicioni added lining — his only ...

Pope Francis has ushered in 2025 with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. The ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... including “Taylor Drift,” “Control-Salt-Delete” and “It’s Snow Problem.” The Massachusetts Department of Transportation this week announced the winners ...

Files show that a senior embassy official, Eamon MacAodha, wrote on behalf of the ambassador to the Vatican ... that the firm had “fixed” the problem but there were still some limits to ...

The problem with documenting secret expeditions ... "Breaking out of the 'gilded cage' of the Vatican has been a dream of many popes and other churchmen who fear losing touch with their calling ...