A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to travel to Italy in the spring, and during a visit to Rome they will meet Pope ...

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

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 ...

O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest ... and non-Catholic alike — have taken shelter in the church compound, which is in the north of Gaza City.

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

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

The Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week the opening of a historical exhibit in Vatican City titled “Jordan: Dawn of Christianity.” This pioneering event aims to explore ...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office ...

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

While women have been named to No. 2 spots in some Vatican offices, none were named prefect of a dicastery or congregation of ...

Catholic women do much of the church’s work in schools ... the first-ever female secretary general of the Vatican City State, responsible for the territory’s health care system, police ...