ROME- "Is the Pope a Catholic?" Normally it's a joke question, but in the frenzied climate surrounding Pope Francis' doctrinal reforms, some conservative Catholics are answering: "No.

 ROME-  On Thursday Cardinal  Carlo Caffarra,  a leader of the most conservative faction in the Roman Catholic Church, died after prolonged illness at age 79, the Vatican said.

 BOGOTÀ- Immediately after landing at the Bogota international airport, Pope Francis’s visit to the South American country commenced with words of solidarity for the populations affected by hurrica

 VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis will pay a visit in November to Myanmar, a country where only one percent of the population are Catholic, the Vatican said Monday.

VATICAN CITY - “It is not Christian to walk with one's gaze facing down, without raising one's eyes to the horizon." These were Pope Francis’ words on Wednesday in the Paul VI Audience Hall, where

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has released its policy document detailing how countries around the world should approach the refugee crisis.

MILAN- Crowds of people flocked to the Duomo on Tuesday for the funeral of Dionigi Tettamanzi, the cardinal and former archbishop of the Ambrosian diocese from 2002 until 2011.

ROME- The Holy See calls for Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro and his government to “suspend the initiative in place for the new constitutional assembly” in a statement from the Cardinal Secret

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has ordered for the Vatican’s 100 fountains to be turned off as Rome faces a drought.  The small papal state could not ignore the problems its neighbour has been facing

SIEM REAP - Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the head of Pope Francis’s Jesuit Order, raised some clerical eyebrows in Cambodia’s “Temple Town” Siem Reap, where he was spotted seated amongst young monks

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican Gendarme has been reported to Italian police by his wife for repeated, shocking domestic violence and ill-treatment of her over a number of years, judicial sources said Thu

ROME- The trial opened on Tuesday for investigation into the corruption scandal surrounding the payment of the refurbishment of cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s apartment.

ROME – The Holy See tried to give Charlie Gard, the desperately ill 10-month-old the Vatican citizenship, an attempt that turned out to be in vain.

ROME -- Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who has died age 80, was an elegant Spanish journalist and personal spin doctor of Saint Pope John Paul II, the first person to hold the position of papal spokesman i

VATICAN CITY- The monsignor who was arrested by the Vatican Gendarmerie following a raid on an apartment in the Palazzo dell’ex Sant’Uffizio, in which a soirée fuelled by drugs and homosexual activ

BERLIN -- Archbishop Joachim Meisner, one of the four 'dissident,' conservative cardinals who publicly expressed reservations about Pope Francis’ reforms, has died aged 83, Church officials said We

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has had to contend with many naysayers recently, including the Roman Curia.

ROME- Spanish archbishop, Luis Ladaria SJ, who was recently appointed by Pope Francis to be the next Head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), was involved in a cover-up operati

ROME- The radical Catholic group, We Are Church, have welcomed Pope Francis’ decision not to renew the mandate of conservative Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller as Head of the Congregation for the Doc

 VATICAN CITY - A spending splurge by Cardinal George Pell, the head of the Vatican's finances, contributed to his losing the confidence of Pope Francis as he was charged in Australia for alleged i

 VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal George Pell said Thursday he is temporarily stepping down from his role as Vatican financial chief following the Australian police’s decision to charge him with multiple c

VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis has spoken out against horoscopes, witchcraft, tarot readings and sorcerers stating that a true Christians should reject these things and to look to Jesus for guidance.

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See Press Office released a statement, Monday, in response to questions regarding Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, who was “forcibly removed” from his diocese by Chines