The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

Tour-guide organization plans customized itineraries for parishes, private groups and high-school students — and runs a ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

Church officials said Saturday the pope had shown a good response to therapy. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Sunday ... "The night was quiet, the pope is resting," the Holy See said Sunday morning ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis approved a new three-year process to consider reforms for the global Catholic Church, ...

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...