The New York Times and other media outlets reported that the Italian bishops, approved by the Vatican, allowed gay men to ...

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

Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin Monday held a meeting with papal representatives in the Middle ...

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

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

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

Prime Minister Jafar Hassan met on Sunday with Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is on a visit to Jordan as a special envoy of His Holiness Pope Francis. The visit ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

Meeting more than 7,000 pilgrims who filled the Vatican audience hall or pressed against crowd-control barriers outside, ...

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

An Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, will become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s ...