Vatican

FILE - In this Jan.4, 2018 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron greets Apostolic Nuncio to France Luigi Ventura during his New Year address to diplomats at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into alleged "sexual aggression" by Luigi Ventura, the Vatican's envoy to France, according to a French judicial official.

Vatican lifts diplomatic immunity for archbishop facing sexual misconduct allegations

Zach Halaschak · July 8, 2019 8:00 pm

In this May 27, 2012 photo, demonstrators hold pictures of Emanuela Orlandi reading "march for truth and justice for Emanuela" during Pope Benedict XVI's Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican.

Vatican tribunal orders tombs unsealed to search for missing woman

Ellie Bufkin · July 2, 2019 7:23 pm

Pope Francis arrives in a coliseum in Puerto Maldonado, the city considered a gateway to the Amazon in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, to meet with several thousand indigenous people in the first full day of the pontiff's visit to Peru, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

Vatican says Catholic Church should consider ordaining married men in Amazon

Caitlin Yilek · June 17, 2019 3:13 pm

In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, shows a close up detail of a Boy Scout uniform worn during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas.

Washington Secrets

Boy Scouts admit letting sex predators return to scouting, misleading Congress

Paul Bedard · June 4, 2019 6:28 pm

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he rides in the popemobile to attend a mass in Panama City, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Pope Francis has arrived in Panama amid a political crisis in nearby Venezuela, a migration standoff over the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.

House Republican asks Catholic bishop why Vatican has a wall if pope opposes one at US border

Anna Giaritelli · April 30, 2019 7:02 pm

Pope Francis holds a candle as he presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 21, 2019.

Pope Francis asks Catholics to reject ‘glitter of wealth’ in Easter vigil

Cassidy Morrison · April 20, 2019 9:51 pm

Donald Trump and Pope Francis are shown.

Trump offers condolences to Pope Francis for Notre Dame fire

Caitlin Yilek · April 17, 2019 5:42 pm

This Oct. 19, 2014 photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis of the origins of the clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests in a rare commentary, published Thursday April 11, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

It’s not enough for former Pope Benedict just to blame the 1960s

Becket Adams · April 11, 2019 3:02 pm

Brownback: Vatican deal lets Communists control leadership of Chinese church

Joel Gehrke · March 23, 2019 2:33 am

Beltway Confidential

Pope Francis just declared ‘all-out battle’ on clergy sex abuse. We have no reason to take him seriously

Becket Adams · February 26, 2019 5:32 pm

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

Top Catholic cleric found guilty of child sex abuse

Associated Press · February 26, 2019 12:48 am

Then-Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick attends an event at Georgetown University.

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick over sex abuse

Associated Press · February 16, 2019 1:11 pm