The first museums were created at the end of the 15 th century – by chance. By donating a collection of antiquities to the Municipality of Rome, Pope Sixtus IV wanted to restore the Papacy's relations ...

There are historical figures who have gone down in history more for some inconsequential anecdote than for the significance ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing ...

More than 500 Belgians have demanded to be removed from the baptismal registry (“débaptisation”) in reaction to controversial statements by Pope Francis during his apostolic journey to ...

Vatican City • For the first time, victims of clerical abuse, war and indifference told their stories in the marbled nave of St. Peter’s Basilica before Pope Francis, prominent prelates and ...

ROME — A Catholic university in Belgium took the rare step of criticizing Pope Francis, using the word “reductive” to describe his views about the role of women in society, delivered during ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome Pope Francis canceled appointments on Monday because of a mild flu, according to the Vatican, which said the move was a precautionary step as the pontiff ...

Pope Francis nominates new batch of cardinals for 10th time in 11 years The Argentinian pope has diversified global profile of cardinals Some choices baffle Church watchers as he skips big ...

An activist protesting the Vatican’s links to bullfighting threw herself in front of Pope Francis’ convoy during his visit to Luxembourg on Thursday. As spectators lined the roads to watch the 87-year ...

Pope Francis criticized military attacks that go "beyond morality" after he was asked about Israel's recent escalation of attacks in Lebanon that targeted top Hezbollah commanders. Francis made ...

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople – from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered ...

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people — a bishop, priests and laypeople — from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered ...