VATICAN—Another woman was appointed at the Vatican when the Pope Francis announced that a Franciscan nun will be installed in March as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican ...

Something entirely ignored about Pope Francis by the world at large was his day-by-day teaching ...

They abandoned their relationships, jobs and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...

Nine monumental paintings by El Greco once decorated monastery walls in Toledo, Spain, where the Greek-born artist spent most ...

By the time Adolf Hitler rose to power, Christian antisemitism was deeply embedded in German society. The church had spent centuries portraying Jews as enemies of God, making it easier for Nazis to ...

Chinese authorities imposed a fine on a bishop in Zhejiang province for celebrating a public Mass on 27 December with several ...

Benedictine monks in France are celebrating the 150th ... while the Gallican advocated for the autonomy of the church in France from Rome and the pope. The feast of the Immaculate Conception ...

In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

Concern about the ailing Pope Francis is growing. After the Vatican announced that the pontiff was suffering from bilateral ...

Pope John Paul II named the hospital 'Vatican III' and quipped that it ranked third after St Peter's Square and Castel ...