The Vatican warned that members of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X will incur excommunication if the group follows ...

Pope Leo is praying for enlightenment so that the leaders of the Society of St. Pius X "may reconsider the extremely grave decision they have made," said a statement from the Vatican's doctrine czar, ...

Speaking to journalists in Rome May 6, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was asked if the Vatican intends to impose sanctions on the ...

The Vatican is preparing to release Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in the coming weeks. The document is expected to address ...

Shortly after becoming pope in 2025, Leo told cardinals that the Church should use its social teachings to help address the challenges AI poses to human dignity, justice and work.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Over 35 million pilgrims are expected to visit Rome in 2025 seeking forgiveness of sins and a chance to see the pope. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will be flying to Rome later in May to meet with Pope Leo XIV, his office confirmed.

VATICAN CITY — A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church’s practice of all-male clergy, according to a report given to ...

The Vatican’s digitization efforts are focused on their one-of-a-kind historic manuscript collection as well as some of its oldest books, incunabula books printed during the earliest period of ...

Pope Francis remains in critical condition at a Rome hospital, where he is being treated for pneumonia. The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 and experienced a respiratory crisis ...

While the Church has no intention of changing its doctrine on marriage — recognizing only unions between a man and a woman — the Vatican has signaled that it intends to continue Francis’s outreach to ...