Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates Mass for Pope Francis inside the Pauline chapel of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on March 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrates a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors accredited to the Holy See in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrates a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors accredited to the Holy See in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the ...

The current King, still a protestant of course, will attend an ecumenical service - for Christians of all churches - in the Sistine Chapel in the Apostolic Palace - the Pope's official residence ...

celebrated Mass and prayed for the recovery of Pope Francis in the Pauline Chapel of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, accompanied by the other senior officials of the Secretariat of State.

When John Paul II died in 2005, his body was first brought to the Apostolic Palace within hours for a private viewing for cardinals, bishops and other members of the church hierarchy, as well as ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for humanity, peace and respect for the dignity of all people.

In it, Francis renewed his call for diplomacy and international organizations to find a “new vitality and credibility.” ...

The four years that he spent on this epic project, from 1508–12, were marred by his venomous rivalry with Raphael, then painting frescos in the papal palace. Eight years his junior, Raphael was ...

The Mass was celebrated in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, a chapel containing the last two murals Michelangelo ever painted: one of the crucifixion of St. Peter and the other illustrating ...