Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has denied a correlation between homosexuality and clerical sex abuse, calling it a “serious and scientifically untenable association.”
Pope Francis stunned the faithful this weekend when he welcomed some 200 avant-garde artists in the Sistine Chapel, including photographer Andres Serrano, creator of the controversial “Piss Christ” work showing a crucifix submerged in a glass of urine.
Miguel Díaz-Canel, the figurehead “president” the Castro family uses to represent the Cuban Communist Party abroad, held a meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a greater tour of Europe including Italy, Serbia, and France.
The Cuban government has underscored the common vision it shares with Pope Francis on a series of issues including nuclear disarmament, environmental protection, and the war on poverty.
Pope Francis received John Kerry in private audience at the Vatican Monday, where the two discussed the importance of combating climate change for the good of the planet.
Pope Francis was hospitalized for an incisional hernia Wednesday morning and will undergo same-day major surgery under general anesthesia, the Vatican revealed.
Pope Francis told an environmental group this week that he has banned plastic in the Vatican and the small city-state is now “93 percent plastic-free.”
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has tweeted out its support for Pride Month while flying a large rainbow flag in front of the Embassy building, an innovation of the Joe Biden administration.
Thousands of pilgrims have traveled to a monastery in Gower, Missouri, to view a nun’s body which appears to show no signs of corruption four years after her death.
A major Catholic news outlet has lamented the disturbingly shallow pool of serious papal contenders to replace Pope Francis when the moment for a conclave arises.
A man stormed the border of the Vatican City State in his car Thursday evening, sailing through two security check points before eventually being apprehended.
An ongoing exodus from the Catholic Church in Germany has produced a financial and membership crisis, a new report asserts.
Pope Francis has placed “atmospheric phenomena” among the most evident causes of forced international migration.
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Manhattan has launched an exhibit titled “God is Trans: A Queer Spiritual Journey” to the consternation of many of the faithful.
Jesus Christ does not want his disciples to be lazy “couch potatoes” but vigorous agents of change, Pope Francis told young people in Hungary Saturday.
Pope Francis said Friday that a so-called right to abortion is “senseless” and puts “reductive concepts of freedom before the reality of life.”
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has walked back statements in support of legalized assisted suicide, accusing journalists of having misinterpreted his thought.
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said he is personally opposed to assisted suicide but would not exclude it for others who wish to avail themselves of it.
Pope Francis has decided not to participate in the traditional Good Friday Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum, the Vatican has announced, citing the “intense cold.”
Pope Francis has teamed up with the scandal-ridden Walt Disney Company to produce a docu-drama in which he says using dating apps like Tinder is “normal” while insisting “the true Church is on the peripheries.”
The Vatican has asserted that it gave no approval for the installation of the new bishop of Shanghai, China, and only learned of the incident “from the media.”
The Chinese Communist Party has once again violated its 2018 agreement with the Vatican, unilaterally naming a new bishop of Shanghai without the Vatican’s approval.
Celebrated Evangelist Franklin Graham will proclaim an Easter message live from Rome, Italy, next Sunday just blocks from where Pope Francis will be issuing his.
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Saturday, once again confounding the prophets of his demise.
Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping “I’m still alive.”
Argentinian Cardinal Leonardo Sandri will substitute Pope Francis in the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s Square due to the pontiff’s ill health, the Vatican has announced.
Pope Francis spent the night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he was rushed in an ambulance Wednesday afternoon after complaining of “breathing difficulties.”
A key advisor to Pope Francis, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, has called for relaxation of Catholic teaching on gay sex, insisting that the Church should not ask “impossible things” of homosexuals.
Pope Francis has joined the chorus of voices deploring Monday’s lethal shooting targeting a Christian school in Nashville that left six dead.
Pope Francis warned Wednesday that education and knowledge alone are insufficient since history is replete with “atheist theologians.”
The once-venerable Lancet medical journal asserts that Pope Francis has made an important contribution to global health through LGBTQ advocacy, openness to contraception, and environmental activism.
The month of Ramadan is important not only for Muslims, but also for believers of other religions, “in particular Christians,” the Vatican asserted this week.
The economically ailing Vatican has inaugurated a 120,000-square-foot shopping mall to cater to the millions of tourists and pilgrims that visit it each year.
ROME — Pope Francis has insisted that “gender ideology” undergirding transgenderism is currently “one of the most dangerous forms of ideological colonization.”
Pope Francis celebrates the tenth anniversary of his election Monday amidst growing concern for the enduring legacy of his pontificate.
Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has broken off diplomatic relations with the Holy See after Pope Francis described Ortega’s regime as a “Hitlerian” dictatorship.
Pope Francis has named progressive Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich to his inner cabinet of advisors despite the cardinal’s rejection of key elements of Catholic moral teaching.
Pope Francis has called out the human traffickers behind a recent shipwreck in southern Italy that resulted in the deaths of scores of migrants.
Pope Francis has praised murdered L.A. Bishop David O’Connell for his pro-life efforts and commitment to the poor and migrants.
Pope Francis has abolished housing discounts for cardinals, bishops, and other Vatican officials, citing a need to increase “revenues from the management of real estate assets.”
