Pope Francis is taking a chance on a new head for the Vatican’s main financial center, akin to a “Hail Mary” pass in American football.

A young couple waits for a collective taxi in Havana on Dec. 18, 2014 Lisette Poole "Yes, the Lewinsky affair blew the whole strategy off the map," says a Vatican insider.

Pope Leo XIV met with children and adolescents participating in the Vatican’s summer camp for kids. Some 300 Ukrainian youth ...

ROMAN CATHOLICISM: 'HAIL MARY' IS MORE THAN A FOO. Published Aug 28, 2005 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM EST. ... such as the 1965 Vatican II reforms that ended Latin mass.

Pope Leo XIV meets with over 600 children in the Paul VI Hall, including participants from the Vatican’s summer camp and ...

By some counts, the Virgin Mary has appeared to the "seers" more than 40,000 times since 1981. "It's my third time here and each time I come I feel like I really want to come back," said Mia Hash ...

VATICAN CITY — For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.