Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

On Jan. 10, 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.

Harfouch performed his Concerto for Peace in front of an audience that included archbishops, cultural dignitaries, and ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

While the requirement for celibacy remains for all priests, the newly approved guidelines encourage churches to view ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...