Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's prosecuting attorney has leveled additional charges against four of the defendants who have been on trial since July 2021...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital March 29 for "some previously planned tests," the Vatican press office said, providing no...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders...

The longtime personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI said he recently discovered the late pope had five cousins who could inherit a small amount...

VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who is on trial at the Vatican for financial malfeasance, tried to get Pope Francis to sign statements...

VATICAN CITY -- A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis asked, "Can the Lord forgive so many crimes and so much violence?...

KINSHASA, Congo -- After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly -- in every sense -- to Congo where Catholics make up...

VATICAN CITY -- Public criticism by cardinals and bishops is annoying -- "like a rash that bothers you a bit," Pope Francis said --...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis did not need to launch listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops for people to discover there are tensions...

VATICAN CITY-- Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher and defender of the basics of Catholic faith, is likely...