Vatican City News

Sitting before Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday called on an audience of contemporary artists to embark on “a quest for beauty.” Aiming to revive the age-old ties between the Catholic Church and artists...

We, the habitants of modernized, highly mechanized and systematic world are enjoying the fast, updated lives, ignorant of the perils we are causing to the life on this universe. We are not simply utilizing but rather exploiting the natural resources....

Peter's collection of religious and historic artifacts. In addition to the relic inside, the cross itself is an important piece of early Christian art: it's a rare example of an imperial gift and expression of the emperor's Christian faith. Across...

Vatican holds meeting on possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe VATICAN: Vatican observatory run by the Catholic authorities have confirmed a report on the meeting held there to discuss existence of life elsewhere in the Universe other than earth....

This video shows the daring and scary encounter that the Pope had with a man eating spider! Hardly, but watch this amusing video. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2009/09/28/moos.pope.spider.cnn

Pope Benedict XVI regularly surfs the Internet and makes frequent use of email, the Vatican's 'communications minister' said Thursday. Speaking as a four-day conference on web communications opened at the Vatican, Monsignor Claudio Maria Celli said the German pontiff was...

Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints on Sunday, including a 19th century priest who worked with leprosy patients on an isolated Hawaiian island, praising them as models of perfection for sacrificing themselves for others...Peter's Basilica was Hawaii resident Audrey...

The Synod on Africa is aimed at discussing the continent's social and economic problems. The Catholic Church is growing faster in Africa than in any other part of the world, nearly trebling in size to 150 million followers over 30...

Pope Benedict on Saturday announced he would hold a special meeting next year of Roman Catholic bishops to discuss the concerns and challenges of the Church in the Middle East. The Pope told visiting Middle Eastern bishops at his summer...

The Holy See announced a sweeping overhaul of the Vatican bank's management as part of Pope Benedict XVI's push for greater transparency at one of the world's most secretive financial institutions. In a statement Wednesday, the Holy See said it...