VATICAN CITY: Vatican officials insist no political agenda is lurking behind Pope Francis' invitation to the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray for...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is seeking to rekindle the dream of peace by bringing the Israeli and Palestinian presidents together this weekend for a unique...
VATICAN CITY: In a historic match-up of papacies past and present, Pope Francis and emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will honor Popes John XXIII and John Paul II in...
VATICAN CITY: Marie Collins is not your ordinary papal adviser.Sexually assaulted as a child by a hospital chaplain, Collins went onto become a leading Irish...
VATICAN CITY: Christians and Muslims have joined to try to help free millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery, forced to work as maids,...
ROME: Premier Enrico Letta drove himself to the Italian president's palace and resigned Friday after he was sacked by his own party in a back-room mutiny...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis extolled the benefits of sharing wealth with the poor on Tuesday, warning that "unjust" social conditions like unemployment can...
VATICAN CITY: French President Francois Hollande met Pope Francis Friday, making a delicate visit against the backdrop of undenied allegations of infidelity,...
VATICAN CITY: A Vatican monsignor already on trial for allegedly plotting to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) from Switzerland to Italy was arrested...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis made another move to clean house at the troubled Vatican bank on Wednesday, naming a new roster of cardinal advisers to replace the...
ROME: Premier Enrico Letta pledged Monday to overhaul conditions in Italy’s overcrowded refugee holding centers following outrage over a video of migrants...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday declared the 16th-century Jesuit Pierre Favre a saint, bypassing the Vatican's typical saint-making procedures to honor...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis may have been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, but he has come under scathing criticism from a growing number of...
VATICAN CITY: European inspectors gave the Vatican a mixed report card Thursday in its efforts to comply with international norms to fight money laundering...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has ramped up the Vatican's charity work, sending his chief alms-giver and a contingent of Swiss guards onto the streets of Rome at...
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and...
ROME: The Mediterranean island of Sardinia, prized by the jet-set for its white sand beaches and crystal-clear seas, was a flood-ravaged mud bath. Tuesday...
ROME: Rome's mayor, police chief and the pope's right-hand man have all refused to grant Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he...
ROME: Silvio Berlusconi made a stunning about-face Wednesday and threw his support behind the government of Premier Enrico Letta in a confidence vote,...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis offered an olive branch of sorts to the doctrine-minded, conservative wing of the Catholic Church on Friday as he denounced...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is warning that the Catholic Church's moral edifice might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the "futile pursuit" of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out...
VATICAN CITY: A word of warning to those who write personal notes to Pope Francis: He might just call you back.Francis has charmed the masses with his...
VATICAN CITY: The Francis Revolution is underway, however, not everyone is pleased. Four months into his papacy, Francis has called on young Catholics in the...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State on Thursday, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically...