We were buzzing with anticipation as our train pulled into Florence station – our itinerary was jam-packed and we knew the ...

In the coming days, cardinals will converge in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, who ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, is to be buried in the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore following his funeral ...

The funeral procession of Pope Francis will weave its way through the streets of Rome on Saturday as the Eternal City bids a final farewell to its bishop.

It’s hard to put into words how much we enjoyed visiting Florence at the end of our most recent trip to Italy. Our ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Just opposite its namesake railway station is Santa Maria Novella, Florence’s first great basilica and the city’s principal church by the Dominicans. Apart from being ...

ROME (AP) — Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program appeared ready to leave the Middle East on Monday, as an Italian source and others said the ...

The King and Queen's state visit to Italy will coincide with the jubilee ... in Laterano (St John Lateran) on 29 December, Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) on 1 January and St Paul's Outside ...