Enclosed within Rome, Vatican City even has its own flag, stamps and anthem – know more about its unusual citizenship rules and sacred landmarks.

Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises ...

A screenshot went viral in mid-April 2026, claiming that President Donald Trump had posted on Truth Social that he possessed secret "Vatican files" capable of bringing down "the Papacy, the Vatican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHOTO: Pope Francis greets Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell during the 37th World Youth Day at Parque Tejo, Aug. 6, 2023, in Lisbon, ...

An undated photo shows prelates during the Council Hall in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during the third session of the Second Vatican Council. Credit: OSV News photo/Ernst Herb, KNA On Jan. 7, ...

The Vatican has upheld the excommunication of Scott Peyton, a former Catholic deacon from Louisiana who left the Church after a priest admitted sexually abusing his teenage son in 2018. Peyton, who ...

As countries including the United States and France report a rise in the number of young Catholic converts, a new Vatican ...

The Vatican holds a press conference on Wednesday at the conclusion of the ecclesial encounter “Ten Years After Amoris ...

In the days leading up to the papal conclave, which concluded on Thursday with the election of Robert Francis Prevost, 69, as Pope Leo XIV, the editor of Catholic Church specialist news outlet Crux ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made known his own wishes should he face such a crossroads. By Jason Horowitz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo waves, as he celebrates Holy Mass, while he visits the island of Lampedusa, a key entry point for migrants crossing the ...

All the popes of the post-Vatican II period have been, in different ways, faithful to the Second Vatican Council. None of them has abrogated or superseded the documents of Vatican II, on the contrary: ...