ROME -- The Vatican and the Italian government became ... settling details of future relations between Italy and the Holy See. While the signing was being accomplished, Catholics in all parts ...

The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed. In a decree issued last month by the Holy See ...

The pontiff addressed the topic of marriage’s indissolubility, or permanence, in a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, ...

ROME (AP) — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a ...

VATICAN CITY — In a story published Dec. 25, 2024, about the start of the Vatican’s Holy Year, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pope Boniface VII called the first Holy Year in 1300.

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

An unholy war is brewing in the Catholic Church, said Paola Totaro in The Australian (Sydney). While "Conclave", a film about the "murky web of curial politics", is getting Oscar-season buzz, in ...