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 Vatican City State’s first decree regulating the use of artificial intelligence quietly came into effect this month prohibiting discriminatory uses of AI and establishing a special ...

Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any fractures, the Vatican says.In a statement, the Holy See press office said that due to a fall Thursday morning in the ...

The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests - as long as they remain celibate. In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from ...

The assembled cardinals of all countries must be confined within the Vatican’s quarters, meeting each day to vote – and vote again – until a majority coalesces around the choice of a new Pope.

Pope Francis writes that the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, particularly the effort to impose international accounting and budgeting standards on its finances, have been the most difficult ...

Bishops in hardline Sydney and centrist Melbourne want Skrbis gone, and have asked the Vatican to investigate. Progressive Brisbane, his chief supporter, is doubling down. “There’s totally ...

The Iowa National Guard’s adjutant general says this is a pivotal moment of evolution for the organization, with construction on new facilities and more soldiers joining its ranks. Major General ...

(photo: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News) Francis X. Rocca Vatican December 29, 2024 Vatican news highlights of the year 2024 included Pope Francis’ longest trip, an 11-day journey through Asia and ...

The Vatican ambassador was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry for a conversation with the director general following Pope Francis's recent comment on Israeli “cruelty” in Gaza ...

The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, has begun with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy. Pope Francis kicked off the event while opening the Holy Door of St. Peter's ...

little bite-sized things where people can learn about the faith using this mascot that the Vatican created.’” A commenter on one of Estrada’s posts about Luce wrote, “‘Let the little ...