Pope Francis on Palm Sunday delighted worshippers with an impromptu tour of St Peter's Square ... the 88-year-old pontiff left his Vatican quarters, handing out sweets to children and shaking ...

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Peter’s ...

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BATAVIA — Two area churches have received at least a temporary reprieve as the Vatican reviews their appeals. The Diocese of Buffalo was notified Monday by the Dicastery for Clergy that merger ...

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Deep beneath the bustling streets of Paris, a hidden labyrinth of tunnels houses the remains of more than six million people, originally created to manage the city's overflowing cemeteries.

Francis returned home to the Vatican March 23 after five weeks in the hospital. (OSV News/Reuters/Pedro Lazaro Fernandez) In 1990, as Argentina's Jesuits were divided over the church's role in the ...