All eyes have turned to Vatican City as the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor is set to begin May 7. Several famous and well-visited locations within Vatican City have been transformed ...

This video explores the historical conflicts between the Papacy and Italy, culminating in the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that ...

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

Within Vatican City, the pope presides over religious ceremonies, including Christmas and Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, and delivers weekly blessings such as the Angelus prayer on Sundays.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. It would be "unexpected" if the conclave goes past Friday, Cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St. Peter’s Basilica. ... His body was then carried to the basilica – on the other side of the river in central Rome – for burial.