Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ...

In January 2010, Pope Francis' predecessor covertly left the Vatican for a secret outing ... XII skeptic who started researching the pope's history with Jews at the request of Jewish and Catholic ...

Since the Vatican was an area of uneven hilly terrain ... For example, it’s possible to understand the opposite meaning from the inscription: PETROS ENDEI (Peter is not here).

To Harris, the "inevitable corruption" of those who, like the Catholic cardinals, hold positions of immense authority is one of the great themes of human history. "With temporal power, or indeed ...