Cardinal Dolan, who turned 75 last February, reportedly submitted his resignation as required under church law, though Pope ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists have spoken out in support of a free press after the recent attacks on two journalists in Italy ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal sacked by Pope Francis amid a corruption investigation is suing an Italian news magazine, claiming that his ruined reputation has eliminated his chances of becoming ...

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.