In a brief communication, the Vatican Secretariat of State said that “Holy Father Leo XIV has in mind to convene an ...

Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican ...

An Italian expert liturgist has written an open letter to Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, criticizing the cardinal’s recent ...

The coming consistory is a chance for the new pontiff, Francis’s successor, to mark the beginning of a new Leonine era, but only if he lets his cardinals know – and give them really to understand – ...

In this June 28, 2018 file photo, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu leaves after kneeling before Pope Francis to pledge allegiance and become a cardinal at St. Peter's basilica in Vatican City.

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 ...

Miravalle said he thinks the doctrinal note will likely 'galvanize the movement' for declaring a fifth Marian dogma.

A future Vatican document will address questions surrounding the possibility of women serving as deacons in the Catholic ...