For millions of Catholics around the world, going to the Vatican is a spiritual experience unlike any other. However, for plenty of non-Catholics, Vatican City is nothing more than a small country ...

Because the Vatican has published comparatively little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know how it makes money as a sovereign city-state with its own economy.

Planning a trip to Vatican City? There's never been a better time to visit the legendary Raphael Rooms. After a decade-long restoration project, these spectacular frescoed chambers in the Apostolic ...

Some places naturally invite curiosity, and the Vatican Archives are one of them. Beneath Vatican City sits a vast collection of documents that track centuries of political, religious, and cultural ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret ...