Jim Yardley

The pope, inserting himself into the presidential race, pointed to the harshness of Mr. Trump’s campaign promises to deport more immigrants.

Rather than dictating policy like a chief executive, Pope Francis effectively devolved power on family issues.

For decades, there has been a dispute over how and where Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto should be displayed, and even who owns it.

As China and Italy try to nurture closer economic ties, they also want to ease anxieties over petty crime against Chinese visitors to Rome and Milan.

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union brings into focus the power of disaffected voters to force change on a reluctant establishment.

A historic vote to leave the European Union is raising questions about the future of the post-1945 order imposed on the world by the United States.

After more than a decade away, a foreign correspondent comes back to take stock of his divided homeland.

As Giorgio De Francesco hears migrants’ impassioned requests for protection, he knows he must vote against many of them.

Somewhere over Spain, the flight attendants suddenly began taking our breakfast trays. We had just finished a sampler of fruit, yogurt and prosciutto, and I was trying to resist an irresistible desire ...

Jim Yardley, a former Rome bureau chief for The New York Times, witnessed Pope Francis’ transformation from an unlikely papal contender to a beloved figure.