The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

While women have been in secondary positions in the church, no woman has held the role of a prefect. The office now headed by ...

For women, it is largely their motherhood and devotionalism that seem to earn the church’s respect, leading to the perception ...

The Catholic Church is not exactly known for its tolerance of transsexuals. But after a priest near Rome called the Vatican's attention to the difficulties faced by a group of transsexuals in his ...

In the Vatican, Francis met with the diplomatic corps at the Holy See for the traditional exchange of greetings. In his ...

Rather than supporting the growth of commercial technology and artificial intelligence, governments should be supporting families and educators in being the main channels of passing on culture and ...

Pope Francis warned on Thursday of the dangers of misinformation and its spread via social media and artificial intelligence ...

In his Jan. 9 speech, the pope lamented “the continuous creation and spread of fake news,” which he said, “distorts facts but ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

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

Rocca Vatican December 29 ... traveled to Rome to protest the document, Pope Francis allowed the African bishops to prohibit such blessings on their continent. “The Africans are a separate ...