The assisted suicide of an American woman with terminal brain cancer was "reprehensible" according to the Vatican's bioethics chief. A fierce debate was sparked in Oregon after Brittany Maynard annou...
A man who's scaled St Peter's Basilica five times to protest against the Italian government is to face a Vatican trial. The Holy See had already suggested it was considering putting Marcello di Finiz...
The Vatican has said it may sell its fossil investments, after Pope Francis recent encyclical on the environment. The announcement comes as the Holy See holds as two-day conference on climate change,...
A senior Vatican official's criticised the leader of an Italian far-right political party, for saying Roma camps should be bulldozed to the ground. Matteo Salvini, who's the leader of the anti-immigr...
Pope Francis has carried a lit candle up the main aisle of a darkened St Peter's Basilica in a dramatic Easter Saturday vigil. The pontiff, prelates and other faithful also clutching candles appeared...
China's six million 'illegal' Catholics are worried that the Vatican will not help foster relations with China so that they are free to worship safely, it has b Many Chinese Christians are caught bet...
The Vatican has defended inviting China to an organ trafficking conference, despite the country's history of executing people to harvest their organs. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) said th...
A top Vatican cardinal has issued a scathing rebuke of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent American card Cardinal Marc Ouellet said Archbishop ...
The Vatican has denied that claims made in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumour, are true. A Vatican spokesperson said the report in the National Daily was "unfoun...
A high-ranking priest working at the Vatican's embassy in Washington has been recalled after US prosecutors asked for him to be charged there and face trial in The diplomat was suspected of possessi...
The Vatican has denied a claim that the Pope 'kindly took' a sign calling for negotiations between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The Argentinian pontiff was handed the sign at a gen...
The Vatican has issued a document rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders. The document issued on Monday, during LGBT pride month, is the Vatican's first on gender theory. �...
The Vatican has donated funds to help rebuild Haiti after Hurricane Matthew torn through the Caribbean nation earlier in the month. £80,000 has been given to help victims of the storm rebuild thei...
The Vatican has admitted that its prosecutor is investigating two former officials of a Vatican-owned children's hospital over renovations at the penthouse apar In December leaked Vatican documents s...
The Vatican's official on justice issues has said women need greater access to education to achieve the world's development goals. The United Nations (UN) will be meeting in September to discuss gl...
The former Vatican ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been placed under house arrest after being charged with sexually abusing youngsters. Josef Wesolowski was defrocked in June after a Vatican...
The Vatican's expressed 'great concern' about corruption in Italy, after allegations the mafia, politicians and a former terrorist made millions of euros by exp They're accused of rigging government ...
The United Nations is criticising the Vatican for adopting policies that allowed priests to rape and molest children. The Vatican has come under fierce criticism from the United Nations for failing t...
A child abuse victim has accused the Vatican's head of finances of bribing him, to stop him revealing his abuse. David Ridsdale told the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Ch...
Australian police have confirmed they've questioned the head of the Vatican's finances regarding sexual assault claims. A spokeswoman said: "Three members of Victoria police travelled to Rome last we...
