DHAKA  - Pope Francis has spoken the word “Rohingya,” deliberately unused thus far on his pastoral trip around Myanmar and Bangladesh, as he explained to 16 Rohingya that the spirit of Go

ROME - Giulio Mattietti, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Works of Religion, more commonly known as the “Vatican bank,” has been forced to resign under mysterious circumstances.

YANGON - Pope Francis landed at Yangon International Airport Monday, beginning his three-day pastoral visit to Myanmar before traveling on to Bangladesh.

ROME - Pope Francis appeared uncharacteristically annoyed by his congregation in a speech he gave on Wednesday. The pontiff pleaded with people to stop chatting and taking selfies during Mass.

 ROME-- Running the Anglican Centre in the Eternal City may sound like a quixotic task pursuing elusive ecumenical unity.

ROME - Pope Francis said Thursday that "It may be morally permissible to give up or suspend the treatment" when death is inevitable.

VATICAN CITY - A former Polish seminary student has denounced what he claims is alleged sexual abuse in the elite Vatican pre-seminary of choirboys who sing in St Peter's Basilica for Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY - The popular holiday of Halloween has been scorned by former Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo for being an irreligious festival that allows people to perform satanic rituals.

ROME - The liberal dissident We are Church movement has stated that the Roman Catholic Church is still in need of major reform, 500 years after Luther.

ROME- Pope Francis addressed the FAO on Monday to reaffirm his support for “secure, regular, and ordinary migration.”

ROME - In a telegram addressed to the Bishop of Las Vegas, Pope Francis expressed his condolences with those wounded or killed from the shooting on Sunday night.

 ROME -Facing mounting pressure from critics of his doctrinal reforms, Pope Francis has unexpectedly reappointed one of his most vocal conservative opponents to a seat on the Vatican's supreme cour

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened the Caritas migration campaign on Wednesday morning, emotionally emphasising the necessity of stronger relationships between migrants, refugees and loca

 VATICAN CITY- The operation “via i barboni da San Pietro” or in English “clear the homeless people from San Pietro” took place at dawn Thursday.

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.