Vatican

Pope Francis is silhouetted as he leaves after his meeting with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and his wife Linda, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Vatican law makes abuse of adults by priests criminal

Kaelan Deese · June 1, 2021 3:12 pm

Archbishop says Biden and Pelosi shouldn’t receive communion over abortion stance

Carly Roman · May 11, 2021 9:56 pm

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a canonization ceremony of four new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis, Oct. 15-16, 2016, will canonize Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, Argentina's "gaucho priest," the poncho-wearing, mate-sipping pastor who rode his mule Malacara to the far-flung peripheries of Argentina to minister to the poor. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Catholic Church ‘cannot bless sin’ of same-sex marriage

Mike Brest · March 15, 2021 12:01 pm

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The pope’s historic visit to Iraq

Andrew Bernard · March 12, 2021 4:00 am

Pope Francis calls for forgiveness during visit to ruinous former ISIS territory

Jake Dima · March 7, 2021 3:59 pm

Vatican convicts former banking chief in multimillion-euro embezzlement scheme

Tyler Van Dyke · January 21, 2021 10:43 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis shares MLK Day message of peace after Capitol riot

Carly Roman · January 18, 2021 10:46 pm

Pope Francis coughs during the Angelus noon prayer he recited from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 1, 2020.

Pope enacts laws allowing women larger roles at Mass

Carly Roman · January 11, 2021 3:00 pm

Pope Francis greets faithful during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis prays for victims of Capitol Hill violence

Carly Roman · January 10, 2021 9:15 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis sends Christmas message imploring nations to share coronavirus vaccines

Mica Soellner · December 25, 2020 9:54 pm

Vatican says getting COVID-19 vaccine ‘morally acceptable’ despite ties to abortion

Tyler Van Dyke · December 21, 2020 4:48 pm

Vatican Nativity scene ridiculed for ‘embarrassing’ futuristic figures

Tyler Van Dyke · December 15, 2020 8:32 pm