The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

Pope tells industry leaders at the Vatican the drink is a ‘source of joy’, but encourages healthy habits

Pontiff thought be be responding to conservative critics after sexually explicit book by cardinal resurfaces

Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price" for difficult decisions

The Nicaraguan government says it has released Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 clergy members from jail and handed them over to Vatican authorities

In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar have issued a unified statement refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples

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