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Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples

Join us on an enlightening journey as we delve into Pope Francis' 87th year. Explore his trials, triumphs and the meaningful impact of his reforms.

A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

Verdicts are expected for a cardinal and nine defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history

Earlier this year, Pope Francis personally experienced the power of AI technology, when he became the subject of a viral internet trend

The US Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of a pill essential for medical abortions. Access to mifepristone, once called the “pill of Cain” by the Vatican, may be heavily restricted across all states if the highest court upholds a lower-court ruling limiting access to the drug. Expert…

Pope Francis is calling for an international treaty to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically

Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes

Pope Francis says he's “much better” after a two-week bout of bronchitis but says speaking still makes him tired