Relatives of Argentina's "dirty war" victims are being given access to archives held by the Vatican and the country's national Catholic Church. The Church has long been accused of complicity with the...
The Vatican will officially open a family department for laity in September. The new office will be in charge of pastoral care of the family and will take over from existing departments.According to...
Files which would reveal the extent of papal contact with Hitler during the Second World War should be released, Pope Francis has said. The announcement has been praised by Jewish groups who want to ...
The Catholic Church will not make concessions for LGBT people in the church as the Family Synod concludes in Rome. The divisive Synod lasted three weeks and discussed issues like sexuality, Communion...
Two families fleeing war or hunger are to be offered a home at the Vatican, Pope Francis has said. The pontiff made the announcement after calling for Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries acro...
The Vatican has agreed to house more refugees that arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos. Pope Francis will take in nine more Syrian refugees.During his visit to Lesbos in April the pope took three ...
The Vatican has told the United Nations that persecuted Christians make up the majority of the millions of displaced people around the world today. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of ...
The leader of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine has said the Vatican is too soft on the Russian leader Vladmir Putin. Sviatoslav Shevchuk has criticised what he has called the Vatican's "ambivalen...
On Friday a Vatican offical paid tribute to a speech it claims helped created the European Union (EU). Catholic World News has reported that Pope Francis has called upon MEPs to return to the origina...
The Vatican has upheld its conviction of Guam's ousted archbishop for sexually abusing minors and has added a further penalty on appeal. The Vatican announced the definitive decision against Archbish...
The Vatican has called for "reason" after a small number of traditionalist Catholic figures accused the pope of promoting heresy. In the first response by the Vatican to a strong-worded letter - whic...
Catholic bishops around the world have been told to make mass more 'solemn' by stopping the congregation kissing during the traditional handshake and sign of pe A Vatican group has produced a new doc...
Pope Francis has called for a bold and creative strategy to deal with global migration. The Holy See insisted that Europe has the means to absorb refugees without sacrificing its security or culture...
The Vatican has declared "unacceptable" any efforts by politicians or politicians to force priests to violate their sacred obligation to keep secret what faithf The Holy See's Apostolic Penitentiary,...
Three Syrian refugee families have been granted accommodation at the Vatican. The papal Almoner's Office announced on Sunday that two Christian families and one Muslim family have already moved into...
The Vatican women's football team abandoned their first friendly international match after members of the opposing team demonstrated against the Catholic Church Several of the players and supporters ...
The founder and the all-female editorial board of the Vatican's women's magazine have quit after what they say was a campaign to discredit them and put the The editorial committee of Women Church Wor...
Cricketers in Rome made history on Saturday as an all-Muslim team from Yorkshire took on the Vatican XI. Mount Cricket Club from Batley were treated to a tour of St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican M...
The Vatican has announced that its first auditor-general, who was appointed two years ago, has resigned. Libero Milone, who had the job of ensuring there was transparency in the finances at the headq...
Vatican police have seized documents and electronics during searches of the Holy See's secretariat of state and financial watchdog after receiving official comp The Vatican press office did not provi...
