VATICAN CITY – During a mass at Santa Marta, Pope Francis spoke about the root of dictatorships, a reflection that some observers felt was directed at the Trump administration.

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Leonard Burke has asked for the Italian bishops’ daily, the Avvenire, to issue a public apology for publishing an article that deeply offended him, officials say.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Juan Barros, Bishop of Osorno, and two other churchmen involved in the Chilean sexual abuse scandal, Vatican officials confirmed on Monda

ROME – On June 7 at 6.15 p.m. a “Prayer Vigil for Italy” will be held in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.

ROME – The radical opposition group We Are Church International (WACI) has strongly rejected Archbishop Luis Ladaria’s claim that the ban on ordaining women to Catholic priesthood has a “definitive

ROME – Cardinal Toribio Ticona Porco, one of the new princes of the Church appointed by Pope Francis, is facing a wave of criticism in his native country of Bolivia for allegedly having a wife and

ROME - May 29 will be Australia Day at the Vatican Ethnological Museum because a hefty, handsome, illustrated volume on Australian aborigines is to be launched there.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis announced the promotion of 14 new Catholic cardinals, who’ll be officially appointed at his next consistory on June 29, Vatican officials confirm.

VATICAN CITY – Chilean bishops involved in a national sexual abuse scandal have all offered their resignations to Pope Francis, Vatican officials say.

Rome – Leaders of the radical opposition group, We Are Church International (WACI) have expressed serious concerns about the expansion of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, calling them “ineffective”

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has released a document in which he criticises the capitalist system that he’s experienced throughout his five-year papacy. 

ROME – The Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate, Monsignor Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has called for a period of fasting and prayer after the violence that led to the deaths of dozens of

ROME – Chilean-born activists and victims of sexual abuse, Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and José Andres Murillo, held a conference at the Foreign Press Association on Wednesday about their conv

VATICAN CITY – Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was elected as the new Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta on Wednesday, following a year-long spell as interim leader, the Ord

ROME – The father of terminally ill Alfie Evans has acknowledged that the battle is over for the transfer of his son to Italy where he has been offered medical treatment, in a statement by the pare

Rome – Pope Francis will travel to Bari on 7 July to meet with the heads of Middle Eastern Churches and Christian communities for a day of prayer and reflection, according to Vatican officials.

ROME - Every year the Vatican celebrates the Feast of Saint George on April 23. It also happens to be the patron saint of Pope Francis, who’s baptismal name Jorge is the Spanish equivalent.

VATICAN CITY – During today’s General Audience at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis decided to focus on the topic of baptism.