Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

ROME: Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

Known for his support of the Traditional Latin Mass, Bishop Rey had also ordained diocesan clerics using the 1962 Roman ...

Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon has retired from his diocese aged 72, after Pope Francis asked for his resignation ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, ...

Holy See and Italian authorities are collaborating to welcome an estimated 30 million people expected to come to Rome ...

Father Roberto Pasolini, recently appointed as preacher of the Papal Household, opens up about his journey from teenage faith struggles to becoming a Scripture scholar.

This is a very significant beginning,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Jubilee Year, said in a ...

Over half a million people have already passed through the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica since Pope Francis opened it on ...

As had already happened during the Immaculate Conception rite in Piazza di Spagna on December 8th, when two animal rights ...

The pope’s move put a vocal supporter of migrants at the top post in Washington just weeks before Trump is sworn in for a ...