The Vatican on Saturday removed a conservative ... of the human being,” he wrote in the letter. In statements this week Pope Francis clarified the Catholic church's official stance on some ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal department issued a letter on Monday (Oct. 21) dashing hopes that ...

on the eve of Francis' five-year anniversary as Pope. The Vatican press office has not commented on why the picture of the letter was doctored. It told the Associated Press that it was never ...

The move was announced in a letter to parishioners of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler, which has offered ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from the Vatican Pope Francis issued a new pastoral letter on Thursday in which he urged Roman Catholics around the world to let go of consumerism and individualism ...

The building where the documents and books will be housed in the future is also used for Rome’s major seminary.

read an open letter Nov. 13 in Baltimore asking "what it will take for more than a few bishops to finally speak up against ...

A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had "accepted" the resignation of Msgr. Dario Vigano. It comes after the Vatican admitted blurring part of a letter about Pope Francis written by his ...

Pope Francis has decided to cut the salaries of the cardinals working at the Vatican again, a measure that will take effect ...

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

(RNS) — The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more welcoming and transparent. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The head of the ...

Although the Vatican does not specify how much a cardinal ... cooperation for the good of the Church.” In a September letter, Pope Francis indicated to the cardinals that “further effort ...