Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for ...

(RNS) — Azerbaijan’s hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the Holy See of whitewashing the country's destruction of their ...

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticized Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war ...

The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

The Vatican has given some hope to Lockport Catholics that one of their churches may remain open. Earlier this month, the Dicastery of Clergy in Rome reversed the Diocese of Buffalo’s decision to ...

First American pope warns news agencies face economic collapse while consumers lose ability to distinguish facts from fiction.

(RNS) — The new US ambassador to the Holy See may faithfully represent the White House's conservative agenda, but his appointment's real purpose seems to be to sow more discord at home. (RNS) — On Aug ...

Italy has produced 217 popes, by far the most of any country, followed by France and Germany. Many modern countries, especially in Asia and Africa, have never had a pope due to Catholicism's later ...