Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- Devotions at a Marian shrine in Spain that communicate Mary's "close and affectionate presence" can and should continue, the Dicastery for...

VATICAN CITY -- Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official validation of an...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has made public its 1974 decision denying the authenticity of Marian apparitions alleged to have occurred in Amsterdam between...

VATICAN CITY -- Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope...

VATICAN CITY -- Heaven is not a secure vault protected from outsiders but a "hidden treasure" that is reached by cultivating virtues, Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his concern that Christians fleeing the Holy Land and the whole of the Middle East will leave no...

VATICAN CITY -- While Christians must treat addicts with care and comprehension, drug traffickers who push their products on the vulnerable are "murderers" who...

VATICAN CITY -- Condemning the killing of Christians in Congo, Pope Francis said the sacrifices of modern martyrs are seeds that grow into examples...

VATICAN CITY -- As they waited for Pope Francis to arrive at the Clementine Hall in the Vatican Apostolic Palace for an early morning...

VATICAN CITY -- A former employee of St. Peter's Basilica is in Vatican custody after allegedly being caught in a Vatican-orchestrated sting operation involving...