The 88-year-old pope, who has battled health problems including long bouts of bronchitis, often must use a wheelchair because ...

The Vatican has given its blessing to a document suggesting that those with same-sex attraction can pursue the priesthood in ...

In a rare conversation with Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis talked about Catholics in Gaza and the legacy he hopes to leave in ...

Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism ...

At Pope Francis’ personal initiative, Vatican City employees with three or more children will receive a monthly 300 Euro ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines saying gay men to train as priests in Italy, provided they do not 'flaunt' their ...

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Friday consecrated a new Catholic church at Bethany Beyond the ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators ...

In a groundbreaking decision, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian missionary nun, Simona Brambilla, M.C., as prefect of ...