After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator could be detained by ...

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new ...

Step inside the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where Michelangelo’s legendary ceiling frescoes—including The ...

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh ...

On December 7, Pope Francis attended the opening of Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, a nativity scene exhibition in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. One scene featured olive wood sculptures of Mary ...

The Nativity of Bethlehem 2024 scene by artists at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem was unveiled by Pope Francis at the Vatican. Photo: Mitri Raheb.

This “adorable” scene, as described by Star Barn steward David Abel, is one of 100 Nativity scenes from around the world that is on display at the Vatican this Christmas.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph don't normally appear alongside astronauts or Darth Vader-like figures, but the Vatican has upset some Catholics by bringing them together in its latest nativity scene.

VATICAN CITY — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from ...

St. Mary's Cathedral in Linz made headlines around the world as a controversial sculpture of Mary displayed inside the church was beheaded July 1 by unknown vandals. The sculpture, depicting the ...