The lawsuit contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other ...

There are many pleasures for students of the Catholic Church in Conclave—which recently received eight Oscar nominations—from ...

Now, Vance is the nation’s second-highest elected official and Burch will likely be the next ambassador to the Vatican, a nomination that concerns many due to Burch’s past antagonism toward Pope ...

The apparent contradiction between what the pope preaches and what his Vatican practices isn’t lost on Silvia Carlucci and Domenico Fabiani, who on Thursday challenged the ban in a wrongful ...

Faithful leave St. Peter's Basilica at the end of a mass presided by Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Faithful leave St. Peter's Basilica at the end ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City ...

Trump's envoy pick Burch criticised ... said the Vatican had "every right" to refuse to accredit Burch as ambassador. The two Vatican officials, speaking to Reuters on background on a matter ...

Pope Francis Will ... said the Vatican had "every right" to refuse to accredit Burch as ambassador. The two Vatican officials, speaking to Reuters on background on a matter still under discussion ...

Pope Francis approved his appointment on Oct. 28, 2024, just days after renewing a provisional China-Vatican agreement on the appointment of bishops. This made him the 11th prelate to be ordained ...

In less than a month and a half, Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State. The change will take ...

None of this is true - the Vatican ... black smoke. When a candidate is chosen, the votes are burnt in chemicals that produce the iconic white smoke, signalling to the world that a new pope ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican ...