Pope Francis has ordered souvenir shops in and around the Vatican to stop selling scrolls blessed by him for a profit. The pontiff wants any money made from the sale of scrolls to mark major church e...
World-leading experts attending a conference at the Vatican are warning 50 per cent of the world's species could be extinct by the end of the century. Biologists, ecologists and economists are attend...
Food from farmers affected by a devastating series of earthquakes in central Italy is going on sale at the Vatican's very own supermarket. Produce - including sausages and cheese - from the region of...
A nun, who claims the Bishop of Jalandha raped her, has received a response from the Roman Catholic Church. The accused clergy member is Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar diocese. The nun clai...
The Vatican is set to loan rare papal pieces for this year's Catholic themed Met Gala. Around 40 pieces of rare ecclesiastical fashion will be displayed at the upcoming Costume Institute exhibition -...
The Vatican is going to hold a set of special meetings on how to tackle drug abuse. Pope Francis has called for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to organise a workshop that will investigate the is...
Homeless people in Rome are to be given free haircuts and shaves at barbers in St Peter's Square, according to the Vatican. The service will be free of charge on Mondays, the day on which barber shop...
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...
