In 2024, the U.N. counted more than 36,000 civilian deaths in 14 armed conflicts, warning that the actual total is "likely ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia addressed the U.N. Security Council last week, underscoring the Holy See’s concern for civilians ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 17 that the Vatican could serve as a venue for future peace talks between ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Experience Opera Aperta at La Biennale di Venezia. A collaborative architectural project highlighting restoration and public ...

JERUSALEM – The Franciscan Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who has served as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020, has emerged as one of the top candidates to succeed the late Pope ...

On Sunday, May 18, the solemn enthronement of the new Pope of Rome, Leo XIV, took place in the Vatican. The ceremony marked ...

Russian officials are also unable to fly there due to Western restrictions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Echoing the words of Pope Leo XIV, and Pope Francis, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other ...

The 70-year-old veteran diplomat was Francis' secretary of state, essentially the Holy See's prime minister. Though associated closely with Francis' pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in ...