Before leaving for his first apostolic trip to Turkey and Lebanon in November, Pope Leo XIV issued reforms to the Vatican’s ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Vatican II is still an ongoing project as we all dig deeper into its treasures, hold ourselves accountable for any ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have ...

Pope Leo's selection had spurred optimism that the Church's stance on female deacons might change. That was not to be the ...

The pope also said that Europe should be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President ...

In an audience with people who work in the Italian intelligence sector, Pope Leo XIV recalled the importance of conducting ...

In the evocative new documentary Nuns vs the Vatican, director Lorena Luciano sets out to illuminate the stories of silence, ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.

Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’ ...

A selection of Inuit artifacts returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History, after First Nations, Inuit ...