CHARLES will become the first monarch to pray in public with the Pope when he visits Vatican City next week. The King will also receive a new title and a special chair making the State Visit

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will finally canonize Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the Caribbean nation its first saint and a reason to celebrate amid its years-long economic crisis and new tensions with the United States.

The horse, named Proton, was raised at a stud farm in Poland, the Vatican press office said in a statement. Sired by Kahil Al Shaqab, a renowned stallion and show horse, Proton’s maternal grandfather is Hlayyil Ramadan, a world Arabian horse champion, who was born and bred in Jordan by Princess Alia Al-Hussein.

A man was allegedly caught on camera urinating on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica while a crowd of hundreds watched, prompting Pope Leo to order a purification ceremony.

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.

Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different -- often the poor -- as enemies to be avoided and rejected, Pope Leo XIV said.

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal

A Muslim prayer room has been set up in the heart of the Vatican City's 500-year-old library. Islamic scholars visiting the Vatican Apostolic Library had requested a "room with a carpet to pray on" - and staff heeded their request.

Pope Leo XVI did not go far afield for his first official trip abroad Tuesday --- making his way in a motorcade from Vatican City through Rome to visit Italy's president. Close diplomatic relations between Italy and Vatican City -- the world's smallest state that is surrounded by the city of Rome -- are governed by the 1929 Lateran Agreements.