The unusual role of the Vatican bank The Institute for Religious Works, or IOR as it is known, is a peculiar institution, created in 1942 to help the church carry out its charitable mission while ...

Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. And he has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity. So it has ...

Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.

Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick ...

Ex-Indonesian President Megawati was invited to speak at the World Leaders Summit on Children's Rights forum in the Vatican on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Chavez, age 91, passed away peacefully, Friday, January 17, 2025. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy. Services will begin with Recitation of the Rosary, Friday 7, 2025, 8:00 AM, Nativity of the ...

The Pope has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience after the handle of his walking stick snapped, but he avoided falling. The 88-year-old Pope often has to use a wheelchair or ...

The man, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a 'racially aggravated public order offence' near the city's Glade of Light Memorial, according to police.

Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners. The Vatican is one of only 12 ...

Is it possible to see into the future Many believe that a man named Michel de Nostradamus could His predictions of the future have mystified scholars for over four hundred years Nostradamus made over ...