Among the parade of priests and nuns who stroll in and around Vatican City, there is a special breed of journalist who is tasked with explaining the pope and the Roman curia to the world. These are Va ...

The relentlessly hot weather this past summer was unmerciful to millions of people around the world. Migrants travel long and dangerous distances, yearning to escape unforgiving famine, leaving ...

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican ...

The Vatican expelled 10 members from Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a group founded in Peru, after investigators reported ...

Pope Paul VI established the Synod of Bishops in response to the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). The advisory body was ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin in an interview with Vatican Media said Europe “greatly needs” to rediscover its Christian roots and ...

Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic ...

Faithful gather before religious icons and candles at the start of a Taizé prayer service last year at Christ the ...

Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, offering Vatican territory ...

Poll: Latin Americans view Pope Francis favorably. But the biggest drop is in his native Argentina. Pope Francis is still ...

Estonia, known as 'Maarjamaa' or 'Land of Mary,' has retained this name despite its predominantly Lutheran history.