Despite conflicts with Pope Francis on matters ranging from immigration and climate change to China and the Middle East ...

For the 12th consecutive year, Pope Francis visited a Roman cemetery November 2. This year, he prayed for parents facing ...

In October 2024, the Vatican unveiled "Luce," a blue-haired anime-style mascot designed by Italian artist Simone Legno to engage a younger audience for the Holy Year 2025. The announcement sparked ...

Meet ‘Luce’ – the Vatican ’s official mascot for the 2025 Jubilee, kicking off on Christmas Eve. As unbelievable as it sounds ...

The Vatican hired an artist who had previously worked on designs for sex toys to create its new mascot, it has emerged. Simone Legno has designed a mascot called Luce – the Italian for light ...

The Vatican tribunal says it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his “objectively inexplicable behavior” in paying a self-styled intelligence analyst more ...

the church has struggled to put in place effective measures around the world to end abuse and hold the church hierarchy accountable when it was involved in covering up cases. The Vatican group ...

Beijing and the Vatican announced on Tuesday that the accord, previously renewed in two-year increments, had been renewed ...

In its most critical note, it called for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. It said the office’s slow processing of cases ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s most highly anticipated gathering since the 1960s ended Saturday with the thorniest issues facing the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics largely unanswered.

In its most critical note, it called for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. It said the office’s slow processing of cases ...