A new pope's first Lent offers a glimpse into his pastoral instincts and how he situates himself in relation to his predecessors.

This walking tour captures the monumental interior of Saint Peter’s Basilica, highlighting towering columns, detailed marble work, and classical sculptures. The atmosphere inside Vatican City reveals ...

Jimmy Lai, at 78, faces what amounts to a death sentence because of his stubborn insistence on freedom of expression in Hong Kong. Political leaders and human rights activists around the world quickly ...

China Punishes Jimmy Lai, Will Vatican Take a Stand ...

Nelson Mandela. On February 11, 1979, crowds in Tehran celebrated the collapse of Iran’s monarchy and the victory of a revolution that quickly reshaped the country’s government, laws, and foreign ...

A Vietnamese mother struggles to keep her children afloat after fleeing U.S. bombing in 1965. On February 11, 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese planes made their first bombing raids on North Vietnam.

One Peruvian bishop who was recently in Rome for official meetings with Pope Leo and Vatican departments is determined to ...

As the Washington Post later reported, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Brian Burch, 22 days after Leo’s comments to discuss evacuating ...

Though known for his decades of pro-democracy activism, Lai is also an outspoken Catholic whose faith has continued to sustain him during his imprisonment.

As the Vatican’s highest appeals court reviews the landmark finance trial, defense lawyers are increasingly focusing on an ...

Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the ...