The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...

AMMAN - Her Majesty Queen Rania, accompanied by Italian First Lady Laura Mattarella, visited the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition at the Pal ...

An outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church brings with it an incredible collection of art and architecture.

The Vatican decreed that the Saint Gregory the Great Parish Church, commonly known as Majayjay Church, in Majayjay town, ...

Best known for kung fu, the monks are the custodians of Zen Buddhism in China. The meeting with the pontiff comes a few days ...

Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May ...

One of the early puzzles you can find in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features a tomb below the Vatican, surrounded by ten robed skeleton statues bearing torches you can light, and roman ...

A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference on Friday (Jan. 10) and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for the ordination of openly gay men to the ...

Betty C. Monkman, a former White House curator who during 35 years under eight presidents was entrusted with the conservation and care of thousands of artistic and decorative treasures in the ...

(Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Did the pope endorse ... “We should take care of this treasure, which is religious tolerance and which we should never take for granted,” he told the newspaper.