White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden nixed a trip to the Vatican to see ...

President Joe Biden scrapped a planned trip to Rome and Vatican City as California races to contain several fires burning in ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white elephant ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who ...

The Catholic Church is not exactly known for its tolerance of transsexuals. But after a priest near Rome called the Vatican's attention to the difficulties faced by a group of transsexuals in his ...

A congested-sounding Pope Francis began the speech, greeting the ambassadors gathered in the Hall of Blessings.

The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is canceling the final foreign trip of her term because of the wildfires in California ...

Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon for a three-day trip to meet with Pope Francis and Italian President Sergio ...