Vatican : Lawyer Herald

Vatican prosecutor seeks trial of protester who scaled St. Peter's

The Vatican may try a man who scaled St. Peter's Basilica to protest against laws that he says lost ...

Jan 05, 2015 10:21 AM EST

The Vatican said on Friday it had arrested a member of women's rights group Femen who on Christmas D...

Dec 27, 2014 02:55 AM EST

President Barack Obama announced the United States would restore diplomatic relations it severed wit...

Dec 17, 2014 05:24 PM EST

The Vatican's top prosecutor has frozen 16 million euros in bank accounts owned by two former Vatica...

Dec 06, 2014 07:24 PM EST

The end of communist rule in Europe, which began 25 years ago this month, was not all positive for C...

Nov 18, 2014 12:02 AM EST

A Vatican bioethics official on Tuesday condemned the death by assisted suicide of American Brittany...

Nov 04, 2014 08:35 PM EST

Scientific theories including the "Big Bang" believed to have brought the universe into being 13.7 b...

Oct 30, 2014 05:35 AM EDT

A leading Vatican cardinal said on Thursday the Roman Catholic Church will never bless gay marriage,...

Oct 14, 2014 10:52 PM EDT

In a break with the past, Pope Francis has decided that Latin will not be the official language of a...

Oct 07, 2014 08:57 AM EDT

Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday, some of whom had already lived together and had children,...

Sep 14, 2014 11:14 PM EDT

A former Polish archbishop and papal diplomat who was defrocked after allegations of paying children...

Aug 26, 2014 02:43 AM EDT

Pope Francis has called for 'decisive action' in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priests, t...

Apr 05, 2013 04:52 PM EDT

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the Catholic Church's new pope on Wednesday night. Ber...

Mar 13, 2013 04:39 PM EDT

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals have yet to ...

Mar 12, 2013 04:26 PM EDT