In an amusing branding move, the Vatican debuted an anime-style cartoon mascot named Luce to mixed reactions online.

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

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The Catholic Jubilee in 2025 is expected to draw 32 million visitors. Officials are proud of the city’s accompanying makeover, but residents lament soaring housing costs and changes in Rome’s ...

QUESTION Who is credited with the invention of tinsel? Decorative tinsel was probably invented in Germany. However, the word ...

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When Pope Francis left the Vatican earlier this month for his traditional Christmastime outing downtown, he acknowledged what ...

If these fictional clerics had a TV show, it’d be called “The Real Housewives of Rome” or “Survivor: Vatican City.” At least that’s one take on the film by some of its biggest fans.

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled December 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered ...