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

Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...

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

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

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

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

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church ...

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

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

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 ...

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