Further reading: Vatican excommunicates former nuncio Viganò Despite the church's efforts to convince them otherwise, the nuns stood firm in their decision. In June, the Archdiocese of Burgos ...

The Vatican Bank has fired two employees whose recent wedding violates a newly-introduced ban on marriages between staff. In a statement published Wednesday, the Institute for the Works of ...

The cardinal voiced the Vatican’s concerns with a document titled “Pact for the Future,” which was passed by summit attendees on Sunday. He said that “in conformity with its nature and ...

The Vatican has announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), an institution whose priests celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment by clergy of women and survivors of ...

Pope to preside over month-long synod at Vatican Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations to take part Study groups to look at issues such as women's ordination They will only report back to ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘We are only allowed to look down on a person to help them get up,’ Pope Francis told young people at the penitential ceremony. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For the first time ...

Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people — a bishop, priests and laypeople — from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered ...

Vatican investigators uncovered physical abuses "including with sadism and violence," sect-like abuses of conscience and ...

“I offered the Vatican to receive her in our territory.” Myanmar’s future, the Pope added, “must be ... based on respect for the dignity and rights of all, on respect for a democratic ...

However, the secrets at the center of this Vatican-set tale are rich with intrigue, sharp humor, and provocative plot twists. Based on Robert Harris' 2016 novel of the same name, Conclave takes ...

The Vatican has acknowledged the “harm done to victims and their families” identified in a Government-commissioned report which set out almost 2,400 allegations of abuse in schools.