VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling supply of clergy. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Before leaving ...

Monday, Dec. 8, marked the 60th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. It is an axiom among church historians that it takes a century for a council to be received, so we are almost ...

The Vatican has replaced an underground Catholic bishop in China who has spent years in and out of detention for resisting government religious policies, in a move that drew both official praise and ...

Following the series order at CBS for Cupertino, Robert and Michelle King have set up another drama series project named after a city a continent and an ocean away. Hulu is developing Vatican City, ...

VATICAN CITY — A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church’s practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to ...

How did the new pope win over his colleagues and what does he bring to the role from his upbringing in Chicago and his work in Peru? Photo: Vatican Media/IPA via ZUMA Press The Second Vatican Council, ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other leadership roles in the Catholic Church. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

As an 88-foot spruce arrives in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican workers assemble a nativity honoring St. Alphonsus Liguori and the rich Christmas traditions of southern Italy. Workers erect the Vatican's ...

Vatican posts 1.6 mln euro surplus in 2024, the first for years Structural deficit shrinks to 44 mln euros, but still a concern Donations and asset sales drive positive result VATICAN CITY, Nov 26 ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to ...