People have gathered in St Peter's Square for the Easter Sunday Mass led by Pope Francis. After leading the ceremony…
Easter's Way of the Cross procession in Rome has been led by Pope Francis, with prayers for the poor and…
Pope Francis has made his strongest condemnation yet of child abuse by Catholic clergy on Friday, asking for forgiveness and…
President Barack Obama has met Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour dominated by the crisis in…
The Vatican is celebrating Pope Francis’ first year in office. The pontiff is currently on a week-long spiritual retreat with…
The UN watchdog for children's rights denounced the Holy See for adopting policies which allowed priests to abuse thousands of…
According to the figures released by the Vatican, more than 6.6 million people attended the papal events presided by Pope…
Pope Francis will set up a Vatican committee to fight abuse of children in the Catholic Church and offer help…
Pope Francis has decided to put on public display nine tiny fragments of bone which may belong to St Peter,…
The Vatican has announced today it is launching its own official cricket club as part of efforts to encourage interfaith…
The Vatican has decided to withdraw from sale 6,000 copies of a new papal medal on which the name of…
Vatican has announced it is offering "indulgences" to followers of Pope Francis' tweets. The church's granted indulgences reduce the time…
The Italian Football Federation has announced they will play Argentina in a friendly match to honor the soccer-loving Argentinean Pope…
Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican. The pontiff also said there was a…
The Vatican has denied claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism, after TV 2000 images showed a man apparently reacting to…
Black smoke has poured from Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that the second and third votes in the Papal election have…
Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to become the first leader of the Catholic Church to resign since the Middle Ages has…
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, the Vatican has…
Three activists of the Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen staged a protest at the Vatican on Sunday, shortly after the…
Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's former butler, found guilty of stealing papal documents, has been moved to a Vatican cell to…
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Argentine Bishop Fernando Bargallo after the publication of pictures showing him embracing…