At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with ...

As the Jubilee year kicks off in Rome, more than half a million visitors have flocked to the Vatican to walk through the Holy ...

Emanuela Orlandi's case remains one of the most mysterious in Vatican history. Investigators are now focusing on the ...

Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

All three had been serving as consultors of the dicastery and become the first non-bishops to join the more than 40 cardinal- ...

During his Jan. 8 general audience, Pope Francis enjoyed a circus performance that included two animatronic elephants, ...

A new tour for Jubilee 2025 of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo aims to bring Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

The city’s upper brow may live here, but for tourists it’s a sweet spot – close enough to the city’s most visited sights and ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

An Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, will become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s ...