The city’s upper brow may live here, but for tourists it’s a sweet spot – close enough to the city’s most visited sights and ...

When Catholics come to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to ...

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

ROME — A restored Trevi Fountain was unveiled on Sunday after more than two months of cleaning and restoration, part of ...

Rome has completed the most ambitious of thousands of construction works that have disrupted daily life in the Eternal City ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday ... and police patrols around Christmas markets and displays and tourist attractions. The Vatican, with its life-sized creche and giant Christmas tree ...

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 ...

Its main attractions include St. Peter's Square, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; St. Peter's Basilica, with its iconic dome ...