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 VATICAN CITY – A priest in northern Italy, Father Gabriele Martinelli, has been convicted by the Vatican Appeals Court on charges of sexually abusing a choir boy and seminarian in St Peter's Basil

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has voiced concern about the future of Italy’s rural villages, which are home to almost a quarter of Italy’s residents, saying suppor

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis reiterated Sunday his call for an end to fighting in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, saying that “war is a crime against humanity.“

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis lashed out at gluttony Wednesday and called for eating habits to be “moderate and socially responsible,” saying that Western societie

 VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church’s top theologian, Argentinian Cardinal Manuel Fernandez, has moved to try and quell growing unease among many conservative bis

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) address called for the Palestinian question to be resolved and the release by Hamas terrorists

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis urged Christians Saturday not to confuse Christmas with consumerism, calling on the faithful to remain close to those suffering in wa

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis began a busy Monday of public audiences by saying that he was ill and not able to read his speech but the Vatican chief spokesman sai

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis opened Wednesday a special synod on the future of the Roman Catholic church by urging bishops and lay people from around the world to

 ROME - - Athletes from the Vatican City, as part of a team known as Athletica Vaticana, are competing at the World Cycling Championships in Glasgow.

 VATICAN CITY - - Protestors from the charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dressed as bulls as part of a new campaign imploring the pontiff to end bullfighting.

 VATICAN CITY - - The prosecutor in a Vatican court has requested a prison sentence of seven years and three months for Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of embezzlement and tarnished by sc

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has implored world leaders to limit carbon emissions amid unprecedented levels of heat and extreme weather events.

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has appointed 21 new cardinals, explaining that their provenance expresses the universality of the Church.

 VATICAN CITY -- The reported dispute between the rebellious former personal secretary to the late Pope Benedict, Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Pope Francis reached new tensions when the

 ROME -- Pope Francis left Friday the Gemelli hospital where he had been recuperating from an operation carried out last week.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis undergwent surgery under general anaesthetic for a “painful and worsening” intestinal condition at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital Wednesday, Vatican sources said.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, looking serene and refreshed, resumed his regular schedule of audiences Saturday, meeting intellectuals from Georgetown University attending a conference organised by

 VATICAN CITY – On May 25, two new rooms in the Vatican Museums will be unveiled to the public for the first time: the Spezieria di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and the Sala Delle Ceramiche, accordi

VATICAN CITY– The price of the “pro-colonial” stamp rises significantly after the Vatican chooses to remove the stamp from circulation, due to its recent repudiation of the doctrine of di

 VATICAN CITY – Security was tightened around Pope Francis’s tiny city state Friday after a deranged driver Thursday evening crashed a car at high speed through two Swiss Guard and gendaremie check

 VATICAN CITY -- Following his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Pope Francis continued to condemn the use of arms and encourage mediation at his weekly Angelus address