(RNS) — Azerbaijan’s hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the Holy See of whitewashing the country's destruction of their ...

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(RNS) — The new US ambassador to the Holy See may faithfully represent the White House's conservative agenda, but his appointment's real purpose seems to be to sow more discord at home. (RNS) — On Aug ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

Vatican prosecutors have suffered a stunning blow in their appeals of the acquittals in the Holy See’s “trial of the century.” ...

VATICAN CITY — “Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries ...

The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female ...

Italy has produced 217 popes, by far the most of any country, followed by France and Germany. Many modern countries, especially in Asia and Africa, have never had a pope due to Catholicism's later ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bishop Michael W. Fisher of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo will soon travel to the Vatican for meetings with administrative offices of the Holy See to discuss ongoing developments in ...