Doctors prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis, the Vatican said Saturday, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted ...

What happens when the pope gets his hands on two bottles of Kentucky bourbon? But it actually occurred and the punch line is ...

ROME — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially the ...

Sister Raffaella Petrini will become the first woman to lead the Vatican City State governorate when she takes office March 1 ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin criticized the US plan aiming at driving Palestinians out of Gaza and taking over the enclave. Cardinal Parolin said yesterday that "the Palestinians ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

“Catholic Charities agencies serve migrants not because they are newcomers to the U.S., but because they are vulnerable and ...

“I think the synod is Francis’ way of concretizing his challenge to get [us] out of self-referentiality in the church, that we don’t just stick to our churchy language and deal only with ...

The Vatican allows Catholic marriages to take place in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the small city ...

The Vatican is to host a special Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture from 15-18 February, a significant event within the Jubilee Year celebrations.