Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling was put on as a precaution, the Vatican spokesman said in a statement

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A special Wildcats jersey is returning to Lexington from Vatican City. In a video posted on Facebook, Father Jim Sichko got Pope Francis to sign a UK basketball jersey while on a mission trip. The already one-of-a-kind jersey is also signed by head men’s basketball coach Mark Pope.

The world’s smallest sovereign state has a population of less than 800 and is surrounded by the city of Rome, but the Vatican City has felt the need to toughen punishments for people entering illegally ahead of what is expected to be a busier than usual year.

After the pope criticized Trump's deportation plans, MAGA figures have suggested deporting illegal migrants to Vatican City.

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State.

The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism and embraced family-oriented and conservative policies, echoing a general trend of young U.S. Catholic men shifting rightward.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In his call with the pope, Biden "expressed his deep regret that he was unable to visit Rome and Vatican City," the White House said. "They also discussed efforts to advance peace around the world ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere.

Vatican City holds the title of being the smallest country not only in Europe but in the world, both in terms of its size and population.The city located in Rome, Italy is the center of the Roman Catholic Church.

Vatican City, Vatican City - Pope Francis explained on Wednesday that yesterday, like every day, he called the parish of the Holy Family in Gaza, whose parish priest is the Argentine priest Gabriel Romanelli,