The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

The Vatican is seeking to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperialist past

A former U.S. bishop accused and cleared of child sexual abuse has died

An estimated 1.5 million young people filled a field Saturday in the Portuguese capital for Pope Francis’ World Youth Day vigil, braving scorching heat to secure a spot for the evening prayer and to camp out overnight and be in place for his final farewell Mass on Sunday morning.

The Vatican says Francis met with 13 abuse victims for more than an hour

Pope Francis is embarking this week on a five-day trip to Portugal for World Youth Day

The Vatican says Pope Francis will make a two-day trip to Marseille, France, in late September

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II on U.S. national television

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ vocalist was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music.

Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones

Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits

The Jesuits say a famous artist priest has been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women