The Vatican has formally opened debate on letting married men be ordained as priests in remote parts of the Amazon where priests are so few that Catho The call for study on the proposal was contain...
The Vatican froze more than €2 million worth of assets amid accusations of money laundering within the tiny state. Gian Pietro Milano, the small country's Promoter of Justice, revealed the news at ...
A senior Vatican cardinal has said the Holy See will go ahead with a major pilgrimage despite fears of terrorist attacks. Millions of people are expected to visit Rome on December 8th, when Pope Fran...
Europe's top court has ordered Italy to recover taxes unpaid by Vatican-owned non-commercial properties. The European Court of Justice's (ECJ) €4bn judgement on Wednesday covers the years 2006-2011...
Church leaders from around the world are gathering after Pope Francis summoned them for a summit on how to deal with cases of sex abuse by clergy. Some Catholic leaders continue to protect the church...
The Vatican has held a climate change summit, with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon speaking. The conference has outlined the Christian duty for people to be good stewards of God's creation who c...
The Vatican has indicated Pope Francis may visit Cuba in September, while on a planned trip to the US. According to Reuters, the Holy See said it was in preliminary dicussions with Cuba on a potentia...
The Vatican has extended an invitation to the head of an Egyptian university to re-begin dialogue between Catholic and Islamic institutions. Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, the head of Egypt's Al Azhar Uni...
A woman arrested as part of the Vatican leaks scandal has called the Vatican a "sacred monster" that is untouchable. Francesca Chaouqui was a Vatican public relations expert until her arrest two mo...
Two senior clergymen are being investigated by the Vatican amid allegations they were in possession of child pornography. Holy See spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi said one of the men was Polish born M...
A "smart rosary" has been created to help young worshippers pray at the click of a button. The Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network has released the eRosary, a device consisting of ten beads to be worn ar...
The Vatican has led tributes to the Dutch Jesuit priest Fr Frans van der Lugt, who has been killed in Syria. The Vatican has led tributes to the Dutch Jesuit priest Fr Frans van der Lugt, who has bee...
Protections built into the Vatican's legal protections worked in favour of clergy accused of sex abuse to the point of making a conviction "nearly impossible" i Corriere della Sera quoted from an 18-...
The Vatican's allowed a local children's hospital use its helipad to help in emergencies. Bambino Gesu, one of Europe's biggest pediatric hospitals and research centers, is only a short distance away...
The Vatican has said it has decided to lift the diplomatic immunity of its ambassador to France, who is accused of groping and inappropriate touching by multipl The announcement followed the French f...
St Peter's Square is 'attracting double the number' of homeless people since Pope Francis started offering more help to people who are forced to sleep rough. Some locals have said they are unhappy ab...
The Vatican's women's magazine has denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by priests, and the resulting "scandal" of religious sisters having abortions or giving bi The February issue of Women Church Wor...
A Vatican magazine has denounced the treatment of nuns as indentured servants by cardinals and bishops. The March edition of Women, Church, World, the monthly women's magazine of the Vatican newspape...
The first McDonald's to open in a Vatican-owned building will offer the homeless free meals, the company has said. The restaurant, which one cardinal labelled "perverse" when it opened just metres aw...
The first McDonald's franchise to open in a Vatican-owned building has begun serving customers, despite earlier reports a number of cardinals were outraged by t Despite the controversy, Reuters repor...
