Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...

Entering the Sistine Chapel is an exercise in wonder. It is swathed in art, seemingly no expense spared, and there’s barely a ...

Minecraft, the popular video game known for its blocky, pixelated graphics, has launched a new educational edition that ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

Shortly before returning to his home in the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis made a brief appearance from a fifth-floor ...

He appeared on a public balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital to bless the crowd shortly before being discharged, in his first ...

The Vatican said the pontiff also did some work on Sunday. The Vatican press office released a photo of Pope Francis on Sunday in a private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he continues to ...

After five weeks in hospital with pneumonia, the Pope has left hospital to prepare for two months of rest at the Vatican.

Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete. Co-organized by the Art Institute and Rome-based Torlonia Foundation, it is the first time works ...

ROME (AP) — A chest X-ray has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis’ condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, the Vatican said Wednesday. Delta plane ...