Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs (from Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis); the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and …

Vatican City, [f] officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; [g] Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), [h] [i] is a landlocked country, [16] [17] city-state, microstate, and enclave surrounded by, and historically a part of, Rome, Italy.

From St. Peter's Basilica, Holy Mass with diaconal ordinations on the occasion of the Jubilee of Deacons, presided ov... The Leadership Academy for Peace, led by Bishop Jules Boutros, …

4 days ago · Vatican City, landlocked ecclesiastical state, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. Its medieval and Renaissance walls form its boundaries except on the southeast at St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro).

18 hours ago · On Monday night, the Vatican summoned all the cardinals residing in Rome to St. Peter’s square to recite a rosary for the pontiff at 9 p.m. The Vatican’s secretary of state, Pietro Parolin ...

2 days ago · The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection that doctors say remains touch-and-go and ...

Aug 4, 2015 · The Vatican remains the home of the pope and the Roman Curia, and the spiritual center for some 1.2 billion followers of the Catholic Church.