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 ...

A Vatican court on Tuesday ordered a partial retrial in the financial management case that saw once-influential Cardinal ...

The Vatican expects more than 10,000 people from across the wider art and cultural environments — hailing from over 100 countries and five continents — to participate in events over the four days. The ...

The Vatican’s top diplomat has called the gradual release of 553 prisoners in Cuba “a sign of great hope” at the beginning of the Catholic Church’s jubilee year. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VATICAN CITY (AP) — A prosecutor for the ...

The Vatican’s Holy See Pavilion at this year’s 60th Venice Biennale, which is installed in a women’s prison on the island of Giudecca, has come under fire from two curators of an earlier art ...

Incarcerated women serve as guides to the show, which reflects Pope Francis’ longtime commitment to society’s marginalized people. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Venice and Vatican City Landing ...

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the ...

For its offering at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Holy See chose an unusual venue: the Giudecca women’s prison. By Alec Scott An early version of “Dovecote,” a short, nearly wordless film directed ...

VENICE, Italy — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel. It's the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and part of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — ...