VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated old age with his contemporaries as he visited a nursing home in Rome.

VATICAN CITY-A Holy See court has sentenced a computer technician to two months imprisonment for obstructing justice in connection with recent information leaks from Pope Benedict XVI's apartment.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI caused general surprise as he announced a second consistory this year to name six new cardinals.

ROME -- The World-Wide Catholic Reform Networks celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the second Vatican Council by calling for dialogue between the Catholic Church and the people.

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Benedict XVI emphasised the importance of evangelism, speaking at mass held this morning in the Vatican, on the second day of the Synod of Bishops.

VATICAN CITY - The trial of Pope Benedict XVI's butler reflects the Vatican's uncertainty how to use contemporary media, Holy See watchers say.  

VATICAN CITY —A  judge has indicted two Vatican employees in a move that the Pope hopes will quash the Vatileaks scandal and negative publicity from the publication of sensitive papal documents.

ROME-The Vatican probe of the theft by the Pope’s butler of confidential papal documents ends this week, judicial sources say.

ROME –The community of Sant’Egidio hosted a conference calling on the United Nations to intervene in the unstable situation in Syria in effort to bring back peace and diplomacy.

 ROME—The Vatican has appointed U.S. journalist Greg Burke to put a more controlled spin on the gyrations of the scandal-wracked institution.

       A work by philosopher John Cottingham on sale in bookshops near the Vatican is titled “Why Believe?” For many Catholics the scandals emanating down the road make it that much more difficult.

The Holy See’s appointment of Greg Burke to oversee communications may herald his conservative Opus Dei movement resuming control again over the public image of the Catholic Church.

ROME - Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama is the recipient of the 28th edition of "Premio Archivio Disarmo Colombe d’Oro per la Pace 2012," organisers said. Mons.

ROME —The cardinal at the centre of the Vatileaks scandal complained last month that journalists were imitating the conspiracy novelist Dan Brown to invent legends and denigrate the Church.

VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI will visit northern Emilia Romagna next Tuesday to meet people affected by the severe earthquakes that have rocked the region, causing numerous casualties and making

VATICAN CITY - The Holy See has urged an end to attacks on Christians in Nigeria after gunmen and a suicide bomber from the Islamist sect Boko Haram killed nine people and wounded hundreds more.

ROME - Although Michelangelo spent most of his creative life in Rome, few of his works remain here compared to the greater number in his home city of Florence. 

 ROME -- Documents compiled by former Vatican bank head Ettore Gotti Tedeschi hint at dark secrets within the Holy See and reveal that he is afraid for his life.

VATICAN CITY - An American nun has added fuel to the flames in the ongoing debate concerning same-sex unions, sexuality and divorce within the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY -- A cardinal close to the Pope has dismissed speculation that the pontiff might resign as a consequence of the so-called “Vatileaks” scandal.

VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI spoke of overcoming sadness and pain, and berated the media for presenting a "completely unrealistic image of the Holy See" in its coverage of the Vatileaks scandal.

VATICAN CITY-- The butler to the Pope arrested last week in possession of confidential papers may be a smoke-screen for discord higher up in the Vatican hierachy, insiders have suggested today.