The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ ...

The Vatican issued its first annual report Tuesday ... Initiative,” inspired by a traditional prayer to the Virgin Mary. This program aims to support the establishment of centers for abuse ...

Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, who served for 16 years as the top Vatican diplomat to the United Nations and headed up two key pontifical councils in Rome for several years, died on Monday at ...

The Vatican has unveiled a new mascot for the Catholic Church in the hope of engaging young people - a cartoon character named Luce. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Vatican's chief organiser for ...

The kawaii character comes at a contentious time for the Catholic church. Ten years ago, the Vatican created a commission on clerical sexual abuse, and the group published its first report on Tuesday.

The Vatican tribunal says it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his “objectively inexplicable behavior” in paying a self-styled intelligence analyst more ...

And is there a higher place than the Vatican? O'Hara and Welch married in 1992, and are still married, but as a wedding gift, Burton gave the couple he helped set up a private tour of the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication that the Vatican and the Catholic Church need their expertise to share the Gospel, but he also asked ...

(RNS) – Pope Francis asked the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to draft a report to promote ‘transparency and accountability.’ VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A report published ...

Vatican handling of abuse cases seen too slow, secretive First commission report makes numerous recommendations Commission criticised in the past for being toothless Abuse tracking group says new ...

Because the Vatican has published very little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know how it makes money as a sovereign city-state with its own economy.