For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the ...

The verdict regarding Austrian Father Gebhard Paul Maria Sigl, cofounder of the Family of Mary, was reached by a three-judge ...

Credit: Vatican Media “The disciples were gathered around Mary, the mother of Jesus,” the pope said, reflecting on the ...

Initially, it was founded as a benevolent religious association to help churches persecuted by communism during the Cold War when many priests behind the Iron Curtain ended up in prison.

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and DNA tests, the Vatican says they reached a conclusion ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, Pope Francis said.

In its most critical note, it called for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. It said the office’s slow processing of cases ...

The Vatican last week opened a center to welcome pilgrims and tourists before they visit St. Peter’s Basilica. The space, which was inaugurated Oct. 31, is intended to provide practical ...

Pope Francis on Thursday told employees of the Vatican's extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted cardinals.

A major Vatican meeting gathering clerics and laity ... instead referring the matter to a future study group. Bridget Mary Meehan, an American co-founder of the Association of Roman Catholic ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican City and Rome A monthlong meeting ... said the Rev. Bridget Mary Meehan, who was ordained a bishop in the association in 2009 and performed the ...