The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

(This Dec. 28 story has been corrected to say 'members of the LGBTQ+ community', instead of 'gays', in paragraph 8)

Pope Francis on Saturday led the world's Catholics into Christmas, saying in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts that the level of greed and hunger for power was such that some wanted to "consume even their neighbours".

Pope Francis has warned Vatican bureaucrats to beware the devil that lurks among them, saying it is an “elegant demon” that works in people who have a rigid, holier-than-thou way of living the Catholic faith

Pope Francis met in Rome on Wednesday with the families of Israelis being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The meeting was held at the initiative of the Israeli Embassy in Rome. Pope Francis vowed before the Israeli delegation to work toward bringing home two Israeli civilians and…

Opposition lawmakers in Italy are seeking a parliamentary commission of inquiry into three cold cases that have consumed the Italian public’s imagination for decades

A Vatican-appointed investigator who helped bring to light decades-old allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse against a famous Jesuit priest is calling for the hierarchs who hid his crimes to “humbly ask the world to forgive the scandal.”

A case of sexual abuse rattling the Jesuits has widened with a former nun describing how her complaints against a prominent priest were ignored and as the religious order urged others to come forward with any new evidence.

Forecasts for the major capitals show summery weather across Australia

Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain