China and the Vatican agree to extend an agreement on appointing bishops

The Chinese government said today (Tuesday) that it had agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years.

Pope slams both Harris and Trump as ‘against life’ and urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who

Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia

If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ current trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate,

Catholic Church ‘is no threat to sovereignty’

The Vatican made another big overture to China yesterday, reaffirming the Catholic Church poses no threat to Beijing’s sovereignty and admitting that Western missionaries had made “errors” in

Pope announces three Chinese bishops in a week, reorganizes diocese under a controversial accord

Pope Francis yesterday announced the nomination of a new Chinese bishop, the third in less than a week, in an apparent sign that a controversial 2018 accord with

The Vatican’s top expert on AI ethics is a friar from a medieval Franciscan order

Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how

Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former bishop Saunders

The Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop, a

Pope appoints bishop to lead Vatican office that enforces church doctrine

Pope Francis on Saturday chose  Francis named Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, as the prefect, or chief, of the Dicastery for the

Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors

Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on Sunday, as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for Europe to welcome migrants

Shattered: Catholic community confronts its founder’s lies

The findings of an initial expert report were astonishing: One of the 20th century’s revered Catholic leaders, who built an international movement of community care for people

Benedict’s admirers keep streaming to St. Peter’s Square to honor him

For a second day, lines of people wanting to honor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s service to the Catholic church snaked around St. Peter’s Square yesterday

Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’

The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican said yesterday. Vatican

Cardinal Zen, a fiery critic of Beijing, freed on bail

Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old Catholic cleric arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges, has long been a fiery critic of Beijing's control of religion and political monopoly,

Investigation: Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid

When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal government's signature small business relief program

VATICAN CITY | Pope urges bishops to speak out on family issues

Pope Francis urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start yesterday of a two-week meeting aimed at making the church’s

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