Vatican

Cardinal Testifies About Child Sex Abuse in Canberra

Cardinal George Pell has testified against child sex abuse in front of a Canberra-commissioned inqui...

Mar 08, 2016 07:02 AM EST

Vatican must step up prosecutions of financial crimes: watchdog

The Vatican should be much more aggressive in dealing with people suspected of financial crimes like...

Dec 15, 2015 11:30 PM EST

Pope still faces stiff resistance to reform Vatican, new books say

Two new books by Italian journalists depict a Vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed, cronyism and ...

Nov 03, 2015 09:25 PM EST

Leaked letter adds intrigue, confusion to Vatican bishops meeting

A gathering of world Roman Catholic bishops was thrown into confusion on Monday with the leak of a l...

Oct 12, 2015 08:20 PM EDT

U.N. General Assembly approves Palestinian request to fly its flag

Palestine's flag will fly at United Nations headquarters after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmin...

Sep 10, 2015 07:22 PM EDT

Israel slams Palestinians' push to fly their flag at U.N.

Israel complained to the United Nations on Tuesday about a Palestinian initiative to fly their flag ...

Sep 01, 2015 09:41 PM EDT

Pope calls for action on climate change in draft encyclical

Pope Francis makes an urgent call for protection of the planet and repeats his view that global warm...

Jun 15, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

Pope urges Putin to make 'sincere, great effort' for Ukraine peace

A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a "sincere and grea...

Jun 10, 2015 05:55 PM EDT

Pope Francis extends agenda of change to Vatican diplomacy

Pope Francis' hard-hitting criticisms of localization and inequality long ago set him out as a leade...

May 18, 2015 05:35 AM EDT

Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square ...

May 17, 2015 06:04 PM EDT

Vatican says has agreed first treaty with State of Palestine

The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognises the State of Palestine, with an agre...

May 13, 2015 06:12 PM EDT

German Catholic Church opens labor law more to divorced and gays

Germany's Roman Catholic Church, an influential voice for reforms prompted by Pope Francis, has deci...

May 07, 2015 09:36 AM EDT

Vatican receives ransom demand for stolen Michelangelo letters

The Vatican said on Sunday it had received a ransom demand for the return of two rare documents writ...

Mar 09, 2015 09:27 AM EDT

Pope Francis' Mexico remark not meant to offend, Vatican says

A remark by Pope Francis to the effect that he hoped his homeland Argentina could avoid "Mexicanizat...

Feb 26, 2015 08:57 AM EST

Pope's Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change

Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and...

Jan 10, 2015 09:31 AM EST

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