Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge ...

The Vatican has taken a cautious step in addressing LGBTQ+ issues within the Catholic Church, approving guidelines that allow ...

The Magi’s visit to Jesus, the first miracle performed by Jesus and the baptism of Jesus are central to celebrations on the ...

The appointment marks a major step in Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

The year is fresh, and the time is right for dreaming of where to go and what to see in the months to come. Should more ...

Simon Calder answers your questions on ‘Holy Year’ Rome, safety in Buenos Aires, passport expiry dates, and what to do when a ...

Four figures - two men, two women, naked ... made out of solid gold. This Holy Thorn Reliquary is without question one of the supreme achievements of medieval European metalwork, but sadly ...

Stapleton, a recent graduate of Franciscan University, a Catholic college in Ohio, will be among the less than 1 percent of nuns in the United States today who are 30 or younger. That number has ...