VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis opened a global Catholic summit on Wednesday with a warning that delegates should not ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as ...

As a child, Laurence Gien was abused by a priest in South Africa. Decades later, he became the first survivor to recount his ...

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The Vatican bank has fired two employees on the grounds that their recent wedding violates a new ban on workplace marriages ...

Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...

Demonstrators in Rome demand women be allowed to be ordained as Catholic priests:::: Kate McElwee, Executive Director, ...

Kicking off the next phase of a closely-watched Vatican reform synod on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged delegates to focus on ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed ...

The dismissal of two Vatican employees for getting married has triggered an earthquake beyond the Tiber. In the modern ...

Never can a bishop, or any other Christian, think of himself ‘without others,’” Pope Francis said Wednesday at the first ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...