The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

The Vatican has unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, over the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, pledging to complete the work on Bernini’s masterpiece before Pope Francis’ big 2025 Jubilee

A Wisconsin judge has suspended charges against defrocked Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who is accused of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s

‘The Mystical Passion’ published in Mexico in 1998, is a short expose about mystical-sensual experiences with God

He said it 'represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child'

Pope Francis said surrogacy was a grave violation of the mother and child and called for the ban of the practice

Reaction among Catholics around the world is sharply divided over the Vatican's recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, is facing increasingly strong opposition inside the Vatican. The conservative clan of the Roman Curia – the powerful governing body of the Holy See – accuses him of a laxist vision of Catholic doctrine, particularly regarding the status of homosexual couples and…

New practice does not endorse homosexuality but is not heretical, Catholic church says amid opposition from some bishops

The anti-discrimination non-profit SOS Homophobie has accused the bishop of Bayonne-Lescar-Oloron, in southwestern France, of "legitimising" the implementation of banned conversion therapies – a charge he denies. This comes on the heels of a decision by the Vatican to authorise blessings for homosexual couples.

Watch again as Pope Francis leads New Year’s Day Mass from the Vatican on Monday (1 January).

Tributes are being paid on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI