Discover why Vatican City, the heart of the Catholic Church, remains an independent city-state entirely surrounded by Rome. This video explores the historical conflicts between the Papacy and Italy, ...

The first Vatican postage stamp was issued in 1852, but the Holy See only began to produce regular stamps after the Lateran Treaty of 1929 established the Vatican as a sovereign state.

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a fundraising video centred on newly elected Pope Leo, urging the faithful to support his mission amid a serious financial crisis for the Catholic Church.

The Vatican bank and the city state’s governorate, which controls the museums, also make annual contributions to the pope. As recently as a decade ago, the bank gave the pope around 55 million ...

In the U.S., donation baskets are passed around at every Sunday Mass. Not so at the Vatican. Untapped real estate. The Vatican has 4,249 properties in Italy and 1,200 more in London, Paris, Geneva ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican ...

During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National Italian American Foundation.

Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 11:15 am. Over 19,000 young Catholics will walk from Paris to Chartres this weekend in what has become France’s largest traditional pilgrimage — but this ...

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday. Skip to content NOWCAST WISN 12 News at 11:00 a.m.

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday.Iervolino, who is the producer of the upcoming film “Maserati: The ...

Pope Leo will certainly need to deploy all his talents to tackle the Vatican’s finances, says Fortune.The late pope “worked a near miracle” in his efforts to bring “transparency ...