The Vatican has refused to comment on whether Catholic teaching on the use of contraception should be relaxed during the outbreak of the Zika virus. Catholic nation Brazil is the epicentre of an outb...
The chief representative of the Vatican at the UN headquarters has again urged international leaders to do more to stop the persecution of Christians in Iraq. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said officials...
Christians are celebrating the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus' manger. It has been returned nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to th...
Organisers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal a In a letter sent to the presidents of ...
The Vatican is urging Catholic countries not to allow deconsecrated churches to be used for "inappropriate activities". At a recent conference titled 'Doesn't God Live Here Anymore?', delegates discu...
A Vatican representative has said that the United Nations (UN) needs to take the needs of Christians as well as other religious minorities into account when dis The UN has asked different groups to c...
USA Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders will not be meeting Pope Francis on his visit to Rome, according to the Vatican. He plans to take a break from campaigning to speak at a special Vatican conferen...
The Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin will not be testifying during the Vati-leaks scandal that has embroiled the heart of Catholicism in recen It had been that he may have testified...
The Vatican has been forced to apologise to Mexico, after the Pope insulted the country by referring to the "Mexicanization" of his native Argentina from drug t According to AP, the Holy See has issu...
Catholics from around the world will gather in Rome this weekend to celebrate the canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. The ceremony in St Peter's Square will be led by Pope Francis ...
The special envoy sent to Chile by the Pope to investigate allegations of a sex abuse cover-up is in hospital after taking ill in the country. The problems affecting Charles Scicluna are not extremel...
The Vatican has signed a treaty, officially recognising the Palestine as a state for the first time. Church officials said it hoped accepting the existence of Palestine would help peace between the c...
Email addresses with links to the Vatican were used by some people who signed up to adultery website Ashley Madison, hackers have claimed. A group, which is unhappy at the moral nature of the website...
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...
