Faiths Vatican report says church teaching bars women deacons, but stops short of final ruling (RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained ...

St. Peter's Basilica is the biggest (and for Catholics, the most sacred) church in the world. Its artworks, like Michelangelo's Pieta, have been known to make peasants and popes weep. Everywhere you ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV announced a significant reshuffling of top Vatican posts on Monday (March 30), consolidating his leadership over the church and the Roman Curia almost one year into ...

Pope Leo XIV announced a significant reshuffling of top Vatican posts on Monday, March 30, consolidating his leadership over the church and the Roman Curia almost one year into his pontificate. Leo ...

VATICAN CITY — Squeezed by the Trump administration and facing its greatest threat in decades, the Cuban government is seeking the intercession of a higher authority: the Vatican. In senior-level ...

BEIRUT, April 7 (Reuters) - Bombardment in southern Lebanon on Tuesday forced a convoy of humanitarian aid organized by the Vatican's embassy for a besieged Christian town to turn back, a priest in ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Vance, speaking in Hungary, was asked about reports first shared by The Free Press that claimed Cardinal Christophe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A top Vatican diplomat was summoned to the Pentagon for a “bitter lecture” demanding that the Pope get behind Donald Trump, it has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday was confronted on Wednesday with a recent report that the Pentagon threatened the Vatican ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the Custos of the Holy ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a public Mass at the Louis II Stadium as part of a one-day trip in Monaco, March 28, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters Pope Leo XIV is continuing to ...

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday was confronted on Wednesday with a recent report that the Pentagon threatened the Vatican with military force. During that meeting, U.S. officials reportedly ...