Vatican

Pope Francis greets a Vatican Swiss Guard as he arrives for a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican computers hacked in Chinese espionage effort, cybersecurity firm says

Spencer Neale · July 29, 2020 2:44 am

Pope skips planned remarks on Hong Kong security law: Report

Haley Victory Smith · July 6, 2020 10:33 pm

Pope Francis delivers a blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Energy and Environment

Vatican: Coronavirus pandemic makes environmental care more urgent

Nicholas Rowan · June 18, 2020 2:46 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 condemns the ‘sin of racism’ in US

Nicholas Rowan · June 3, 2020 2:34 pm

Vatican warns pandemic has worsened religious discrimination

Nicholas Rowan · May 28, 2020 3:12 pm

John Paul II centennial brings hope amid a pandemic

Kendall Wingrove · May 18, 2020 6:23 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 on Earth Day: We have sinned against our ‘garden home’

Nicholas Rowan · April 22, 2020 3:09 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.

‘No worker without rights’: Pope Francis advocates for universal basic income in ‘this time of danger’

Zach Halaschak · April 12, 2020 9:25 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 reopens the question of female deacons

Nicholas Rowan · April 8, 2020 3:24 pm

Australian Cardinal George Pell.

Pope Francis appears to say that former adviser was unjustly convicted of sexual abuse

Nicholas Rowan · April 7, 2020 3:11 pm

Cardinal George Pell arrives at the county court in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019.

Top Vatican conservative acquitted of sexual abuse charges on appeal

Nicholas Rowan · April 7, 2020 12:26 am

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 celebrates Palm Sunday in mostly empty cathedral

Tim Pearce · April 5, 2020 2:38 pm