Vatican

Algeria Pope Africa
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

Africa

A dispatch from inside the Vatican bubble during a remarkable exchange between pope and president

APRIL 24, 2026

Lebanon Mideast Pope
Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters aboard an airplane as he returns from a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

Middle East

AP cross-regional team delivers striking cross-format coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip

DEC. 5, 2025

Vatican Jesuit Abuse
FILE - Pope Francis walks with Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal, left, after presiding a mass on March 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

Vatican

Vatican names judges for trial of former Jesuit artist Rupnik accused of abuse by over 20 women

OCT. 13, 2025

Vatican Swiss Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Loic Marc Rossier, left, and Captain Lorenz Keusch pose for reporters as they present the Swiss Guard Mezza-Gala uniform in the Swiss Guard Barracks at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican

The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don’t worry, the iconic one remains

OCT. 2, 2025

Vatican Trial
FILE — Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during news conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican

Team devises new digital tools for breaking down complex Vatican coverage

SEPT. 26, 2025

Vatican Pope Conservatives
FILE- Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

AP Exclusive

AP is exclusive witness to the new pope’s first phone call with his brother in Chicago, days after dominating live YouTube coverage of the Vatican conclave

MAY 16, 2025

Pope Francis

Fatalities

AP’s Italy bureau showed the power of preparation to cover Pope Francis’ death

APRIL 25, 2025

Trumpeter Felice Carella is silhouetted as he plays the song Ave Maria for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Trumpeter Felice Carella is silhouetted as he plays the song Ave Maria for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Health

Pope Francis shows further slight improvement as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican says

FEB. 28, 2025

Hoang Phuc Nguyen, a Vietnamese pilgrim, prays for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Hoang Phuc Nguyen, a Vietnamese pilgrim, prays for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Health

Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises

FEB. 25, 2025

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Religion

Abuse scandal hits Texas diocese as cardinal meets with pope

SEPT. 21, 2018

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Pope Francis, accompanied by Mariella Enoc, president of the Vatican's Bambino Gesu pediatric hospital since 2015, hugs a child during a special audience granted to some of the employees of the hospital, at the Vatican, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Health

​AP investigation: Children suffered as Vatican hospital chased profits

JULY 14, 2017

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