An attempt by a driver to force his way into Vatican City was met with gunfire from the city-state's security forces.

Ukraine leader Zelenskyy gave a very inappropriate "gift" to the Vatican and it is one that is an insult to all Christians.

"It is said that sometimes being struck by lightning generates love but also eternity,’’ a Vatican Museums archaeologist said.

His hospitalization was the first since Francis had 13 inches of his colon removed and spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021.

"The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy," the statement said.

Pope Francis spoke out about homosexuality, saying that "it's not a crime" and that bishops who oppose it should undergo "conversion."

The publisher said the book is a firsthand account revealing the truth about the pontificate as well as the machinations of the Vatican.

The Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday at his home in the Vatican at age 95. Pope Francis will eulogize him.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican announced.

A letter from one of Renaissance Europe's most powerful men has finally been decoded - five centuries after being written.