The focal point remains the 2018 joint accord on the appointment of bishops, which is up for renewal in October 2024.

The twice-renewed agreement centres on the appointment of bishops. While the terms are strictly confidential, analysts say ...

Pope Francis’s East Timor Mass attended by 600,000 – half the country’s population - Pope is visiting the most Catholic ...

Nearly half East Timor's population attended Pope Francis ' mass at a packed seaside park on Tuesday. An estimated 600,000 people flocked to the site, held on the same field where St. John Paul II ...

U.S.-Vatican diplomatic relations extend back to 1788 when George Washington allowed that the Holy See could freely appoint ...

As the Vatican-China deal nears renewal, Pope Francis’ Asia tour sparked debate on the future of the Holy See’s ties with ...

Almost half the population of East Timor, the most Catholic nation outside Vatican City, attended a Mass presided over by ...

Pope Francis is “popular among Catholics here, but may also be [seen as] influential among the general public, which sees him ...

His visit comes on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the U.N.-backed referendum that paved the way for overwhelmingly ...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias has been appointed coordinator of the study group that will evaluate the functioning and role of ...

The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population.

Pope Francis on Friday criticised the recent crackdown on protesters by Argentine President Javier Milei's government, in a ...