Up in the hills above Lake Albano, a half-hour drive from Rome, is a small town known for impressive panoramas, a temperate climate and, above all, its world-famous visitor: the pope. Castel Gandolfo, ...

An estimated 10,000 Korean Catholics were killed for their faith in bouts of persecution that lasted about 100 years ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday restarted a papal tradition, leaving the Vatican for the summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo. The small ...

Pope Leo XIV this weekend will begin a six-week vacation in his first break since his historic election May 8.

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

The Vatican Museums on June 26 unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that ...

The smallest country in the World, the Vatican City is full of incredible things to do and sites to see. From St. Peter's ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

The Vatican primarily finances the Catholic Church's central government through donation, ticket sales for the Vatican Museums, and income from investments and a real estate portfolio.