Pope Francis has said during a general audience at the Vatican in Rome that choosing pets over children is selfish.…
The Vatican has ruled that bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free -…
Venezuela’s opposition parties and the government are meeting for the first time this year to try to resolve the country's…
In a surprise move, Venezuela opposition and the government are to meet for crisis talks, the Vatican says, after an…
Mother Teresa has been declared a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. Tens of thousands of…
Mother Teresa is to be declared a saint at a ceremony in the Vatican on September 4. Tens of thousands…
Twelve Syrian refugees have been taken to the Vatican by Pope Francis after visiting a camp on the Greek island…
Bernie Sanders has been invited to the Vatican by Pope Francis, his campaign announced. The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential…
Pope Francis has called on Christians not to let fear and pessimism "imprison" them as he delivered his Easter message.…
Pope Francis has welcomed several thousand refugees in St Peter's Square at the Vatican as the Catholic Church marked a…
A second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa has been recognized by Pope Francis, clearing the way for the Roman Catholic…
Pope Francis has opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica in Rome to launch the Catholic Church's Year of…
Five people, including two journalists and a top priest or monsignor, have been charged by the Vatican over the leaking…
The Vatican has strongly denied an Italian media reports that Pope Francis has a small but curable tumor on his…
Vatican is going to make it easier for Roman Catholics to get annulments and remarry within the Church, Pope Francis’…
Pope Francis has created a tribunal to hear cases of bishops accused of covering up child abuse by priests. The…
The beatification of Oscar Romero, Latin America’s martyr and hero, is attracting hundreds of thousands of people at the El…
Two 19th Century nuns, who lived in what was then Ottoman-ruled Palestine and were native Arabic speakers, will be canonized…
The Vatican backs the use of military force to stop attacks on Christians and other Middle East minorities by Islamic…
In a recent interview with Mexican television, marking the second anniversary of his election, Pope Francis has suggested he may…
Twenty new cardinals have been named by Pope Francis, including churchmen from Tonga, Ethiopia and Myanmar. Fifteen of the new…
Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot and injured former Pope John Paul II in 1981, has laid flowers on the late…
In a pre-Christmas address to cardinals, Pope Francis has sharply criticized the Vatican bureaucracy, complaining of "spiritual Alzheimer's" and "the…
Pope Francis has opened the extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops on family life at the Vatican. The…
Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Jozef Wesolowski has been put under house arrest following allegations he abused young boys…