VATICAN CITY --“A revolution is afoot.

 ROME - - Following the imminent retirement of Father Federico Lombardi, Pope Francis Monday appointed new heads of the Press office of the Vatican, Gregory Joseph Burke and Paloma Garcia Oviedo, t

 ROME -- On Wednesday, Pope Francis met with the parents of Beau Solomon, the 19 year old American student from Wisconsin who was allegedly

 ROME -- There was not long to wait for Turkey’s reaction to Pope Francis’ surprising use of the word genocide during his visit to Armenia, and talking of the massacre of around 1.5 million of the

 ROME -- In a visit to the World Food Programme on Monday, Pope Francis laments the world we live in, where “wars are fed, people are not” and talked about the importance of the work that the WFP a

VATICAN CITY –  Qatari princess Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned has had a private audience with Pope Francis at which she told the pontiff about her work as head of the Qatar Foundation for Ed

 SAVONA -- Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, former bishop of Savona, and now president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, is being investigated for alleged complicity to embezz

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has told the general assembly of bishops gathered in the Vatican for the annual Italian Episcopal Conference that the Italian clergy must renew itself.  He emphasised

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has opened the door for female deacons in a surprising and historic move for the Catholic Church.  The pontiff announced he would soon be establishing a commission to

 VATICAN CITY -- There has been an explosion of reports of suspicious financial activities at the Vatican.  In 2015 there were 544 reports, a tripling of figures from the 147 recorded in 2014, show

 VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis visited the island of Lesbos, in Greece, last week, he did not return alone, bringing 12 refugees back with him to the Vatican.  The refugees form three families

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will make a pastoral visit to Armenia June 24-26 and then return to the Caucasus region Sept.30-Oct.23 for a trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, the Vatican said Saturday.

 VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican have confirmed that they are launching an investigation into the alleged use of funds from the children’s hospital Bambino Gesù to finance the reconstruction of a luxur

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis Tuesday lashed out at the "blind violence" of the Brussels terrorist attack and "implored God for the gift of peace".

 ROME -- Preventing further Vatican financial scandals was a key motive in the election of Pope Francis in March 2013.   He appointed a Commission, whose acronym was COSEA, to investigate  Vatican