ROME, NOV 16 - A town near lake Garda on Friday night formed a torch-lit vigil and ring around a much-loved 200-year old fir ...

ROME, NOV 16 - A town near lake Garda on Friday night formed a ring around a 200-year old fir that is destined for the axe to ...

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus have jointly launched a "Pope Francis Yunus 3Zero Club" in Rome in an effort to usher in a ...

A new underpass under construction near St Peter's is set to open on 20 December, in time for the Vatican's Jubilee Year 2025 ...

It was a slow Saturday morning in May 2017 when Maria Laurino got a phone call from her cousin, John Mantica. He was seeking directions through New York City, where Laurino lived, but ended up ...

The ancient Colosseum in Rome has witnessed some historic battles, with toga-clad crowds once packing the gigantic venue to ...

Nov. 14 marked the closing of the diocesan phase of the cause for the beatification of Father Pedro Arrupe, the 28th superior ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday called on the diocese of Rome to respond to a growing housing crisis in the Eternal City, ...

Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to ...

Rome, in Italian territory near the border with the Vatican City, 15 October 2008. (Photo by CLAUDIO PERI/EPA/MaxPPP) Public debate over certain papal teachings remains prohibited within the ...

Rome's Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have ... performs in the Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican City. The lapsed-Catholic diva's latest irreverent performance ...

and they worry that the crime will only increase as more people travel to Rome for the Vatican Jubilee – an event in the Catholic Church that will bring pilgrims to the city. Claudio Pica is the ...