For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the ...
There is rejoicing that the Vatican has recognised the spiritual fruits of the alleged apparitions of Mary in a small town in ...
ROME – Responding to criticism that he failed to show up for a discussion on Friday for members of the Synod of Bishops that was to include the question of female deacons, the Vatican’s ...
The Vatican tribunal declared a cardinal had been convicted of embezzlement and fraud due to his “objectively inexplicable behaviour”. In December 2023, Cardinal Giovanni Becciu was charged ...
In its most critical note, it called for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. It said the office’s slow processing of cases ...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – After three years of discussions at every level of the Catholic Church, a summit of Catholic bishops and lay people at the Vatican ended Saturday (Oct. 26), with the ...
By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City and Rome A monthlong meeting of Catholic bishops and lay people at the Vatican ended on Saturday with a call for women to be given more ...
The Vatican last week opened a center to welcome pilgrims and tourists before they visit St. Peter’s Basilica. The space, which was inaugurated Oct. 31, is intended to provide practical ...
VATICAN CITY — In the final days of the most significant Catholic gathering since the 1960s, one issue more than any other is driving dissent and disappointment: the shunting aside of calls to ...
Francis, 87, has previously created two Vatican commissions to consider ordaining women as deacons. The issue is one of 10 subjects in the synod's discussions that he has assigned for further ...
At the end of 2022, the number of Catholics in the world reached 1.389 billion, up 0.79% from 1.378 billion Catholics at the end of 2021, according to the Vatican's Central Office of Church ...
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Vatican Museums unveiled on Tuesday a restoration of one of the crown jewels of their collection, a 2nd century marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo that ...