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Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of Vatican employee, was last seen leaving a music class aged 15, and theories have circulated for decades about who took her and where her body may lie. (Photo: AP)

Vatican to dig up graves in search of teen who went missing 36 years...

According to some theories widely circulated in Italian media, teen was snatched by mobster gang to put pressure on...

11 July 2019 1:42 PM IST

Emanuela Orlandi, the missing girl from 1983 (Photo: AP)

Two tombs in Vatican City will be opened to investigate a 1983 cold...

The exhumed remains will be scientifically analyzed to date them, and DNA testing will be carried out to find a match.

3 July 2019 1:11 PM IST

Pope Francis (Photo: AP)

Pope Francis stuck in elevator for 25 minutes, freed by fire brigade...

He explained that there had been electrical power problem and that he had been stuck in elevator until freed by Vatican...

1 Sept 2019 5:06 PM IST

$Pope Francis attends the Ash Wednesday mass on February 26, 2020, at the Santa Sabina church in Rome. Pope Francis postponed his official appointments on February 29 and was working from home, the Vatican said, a day after cancelling a scheduled appearance at mass because of \a mild ailment\. Francis, 83, had appeared earlier in the week to be suffering from a cold. He was seen blowing his nose and coughing during the Ash Wednesday service, and his voice sounded hoarse. (AFP)$ World

Pope cancels audiences for third day with apparent cold

Vatican City said it was only a 'slight indisposition'

29 Feb 2020 5:21 PM IST

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives at his studio window overlooking St. Peters Square. (AP)

Chinese hackers target Vatican: US cybersecurity firm

The Vatican and Beijing are expected to engage in talks over the renewal of a deal that stabilised relations between...

29 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

PM Modi and the Pope discussed a wide range of issues aimed at making our planet better such as fighting climate change and removing poverty. (Photo: Twitter)

PM Modi meets Pope Francis, invites Pontiff to visit India

The meeting between PM Modi and Pope Francis went on for an entire hour although it was scheduled for only 20 minutes

30 Oct 2021 4:41 PM IST

Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, descending the stairs of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli prior to an inter-religious ceremony for peace in Campidoglio Square, at Romes Capitoline Hill. (Photo: VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)

Vatican: Pope receives coronavirus vaccine

The Vatican has beefed up coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases in Italy

15 Jan 2021 7:27 AM IST

Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

Pope Francis' de-facto foreign minister will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week

16 Sept 2022 4:54 PM IST

After a decades-long impasse over who presides over the now roughly 12 million-strong Catholic faithful, Saturdays pact saw Pope Francis recognise seven clergy ordained by Beijing. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Vatican, China in hush negotiations on 'underground' bishops: sources

A Vatican source and a Chinese priest said Holy See could win concessions by year end, though details of any agreement...

29 Sept 2018 11:56 AM IST

Op©ra de Monte-Carlo

Living the good life

While Monaco might be the world's second-smallest country squeezed into just 200 hectares, it makes up for the size with...

9 July 2017 6:50 AM IST

Picture from the book Saint Teresa of Calcutta: A Celebration of her Life and Legacy

Memories of Mother

Photographer Raghu Rai's four-decade long journey documenting some of the most moving images of Saint Teresa results in...

28 May 2017 12:46 AM IST

Pope Francis. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis' 80th birthday with kids, homeless people

The Pope received messages of congratulations from around the world for his 80th birthday, including at email addresses...

18 Dec 2016 10:41 AM IST