Size isn't always the defining characteristic of a nation. In fact, some of the smallest countries are among the most ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A retired archbishop who for decades was Peru's leading Catholic cleric has been disciplined following allegations of sexual abuse, the Vatican has said ...

With an area of 49 hectares and a population of about 764, the Vatican city is the smallest sovereign state in the world both by area and by population.

“In my hands, I have a nine-page speech,” the pope said with a smile to participants gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. He announced to an applauding audience that he would have this ...

In an interview with Vatican News, the cardinal specified that ... “Rome, ‘caput mundi’ (the capital of the world), was also a city in which the Easterners identified themselves as ...

"It's like a city frozen in time," said archaeologist Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of Canada's McGill University.

The Vatican on Tuesday called for governments to keep a close eye on the development of artificial intelligence, warning the technology contained "the shadow of evil" in its ability to spread ...

(AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, Peru, smiles during courtesy calls in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, after being elevated cardinal at the ...

In the interview, given on the eve of the U.S. presidential inauguration, the pope announced that by March he would appoint a woman to lead the Vatican City-State government. He also criticized Pr ...

(AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File) Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, Peru, smiles during courtesy calls in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, after being elevated cardinal at the ...

Pope Francis' tour spread compassion and fraternity in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A metro area animal rescue has expanded to a fourth location in Kansas City as the number of animals it continues to rescue grows. The Always & Furever Midwest Animal ...