VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached ...

VATICAN CITY — Faced with a highly polarized US political landscape, Leo XIV, the first American pope, has opted for discreet and indirect criticism while also keeping channels of communication open.

VATICAN CITY -- The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for ...

VATICAN CITY -- Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican ...

Experts will work over three months to remove decades of built-up particles that have obscured the colours of the artwork, ...