The answer to both questions, however, is the same: zero.

But in line with new Vatican criteria in place this year, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that the positive ...

Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop star Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs in the Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican City.

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent ...

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor, Alessandro Diddi and the head of the city-state’s gendarmes, Gianluca Gauzzi, met Tuesday in Perugia with the Italian chief prosecutor, Raffaele Cantone ...

The Vatican this week unveiled a commemorative stamp to mark four decades of diplomatic relations with the United States. The two nations first announced diplomatic relations on Jan. 10, 1984.

Pope Francis arrived in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor on Monday for the penultimate stop on a marathon trip through Asia and ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A newly released schedule for the second and final session of the Vatican Synod on Synodality underlines the Catholic Church’s plan to promote dialogue with other ...

during his visit to the Vatican in May, extended an invitation to Pope Francis to visit Hong Kong. He views the gesture as significant, aimed at reinforcing the city’s role as a bridge between ...

Leste, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on the third stop of a gruelling 12-day ...

The Vatican has acknowledged the “harm done to victims and their families” identified in a Government-commissioned report which set out almost 2,400 allegations of abuse in schools.

Listen ROME – As the use of autonomous weapons systems becomes an increasingly prominent feature of modern warfare, including in both Ukraine and Gaza, the Vatican is backing new restrictions on ...