Unlike previous Vatican spokesmen, Navarro-Valls did not relay information only through bureaucratic channels. He regularly met with John Paul before and after papal trips, discussing key topics ...

The journalists said they gained access to declassified Vatican archives that showed that a priest had written to the Holy See in October 1955 to say Abbé Pierre had done "immoral things" while ...

she reflected on papal communication styles given her nearly 50 years as a correspondent in Rome. Alazraki said she first came to Rome as a Vatican correspondent with Mexican television network ...

or Papal Bulls, issued in the 15th century. Among the earliest and most significant was Dum Diversas (1452), issued by Pope Nicholas V. This decree explicitly authorized Portugal to conquer ...

People take part in a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 9, 2025, demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg.) Listen ROME ...

The authors of a book published Thursday said the Vatican knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon Abbe Pierre as early as the 1950s. But in recent months more than 30 ...

The King and Queen's state visit to the Vatican has been postponed by mutual ... The trip from 7-10 April was set to celebrate the papal jubilee and the relationship between the Catholic Church ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering ... during the 2013 papal election ...

The journalists said they gained access to declassified Vatican archives that showed that a priest had written to the Holy See in October 1955 to say Abbe Pierre had done "immoral things" while ...

The Vatican Press Office reported that Pope Francis’ convalescence at St. Martha’s House, his Vatican residence where he returned after being discharged from the hospital on Sunday ...

His return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, brought tangible relief to the Vatican and Catholic faithful who have been ...

The journalists had gained access to Vatican archives, declassified in 2020, showing that a priest had written to the Holy See in October 1955 to say Abbé Pierre had done "immoral things" while ...