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 ...

VATICAN CITY, March 20 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday launched an international project encouraging disinvestment from the mining sector, in an unusual initiative by the Catholic Church to steer ...

François Pauly will succeed Jean-Baptiste de Franssu at helm of Institute for the Works of Religion. François Pauly, president-elect of the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of ...

The devil’s in the detail. Pope Leo XIV hosted the world’s most senior exorcists at the Vatican, who reportedly warned him of a terrifying global rise in “occultism, esotericism, and Satanism.” The ...

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 ...

The Vatican has said that Catholics can receive transplants of animal tissues to address ⁠medical conditions, as procedures involving genetically modified pig or cow organs continue to advance. In an ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed an Australian church lawyer, Bishop Anthony Randazzo, to a pivotal Vatican legal position, placing an individual with direct experience of the Catholic Church’s profound ...

The Pontiff was asked to send "one or more adequately trained exorcist priests" to every diocese Credit: Stefano Spaziani via AP Photos Pope Leo XIV took a private meeting at the Vatican with a ...

The man named to be next president of the Vatican Bank has sparked wild claims that an ancient conspiracy is taking direct control of the Catholic Church. François Pauly has been elected to serve as ...

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Pope Leo XIV's one-on-one meeting with British journalist Gareth Gore laid bare a defining pattern of his pontificate: Before making a decision, the pope wants to listen widely. Amid a schedule ...

The Lost Artifacts of Europe Discovery Quest is a Vatican City Quest that requires you to find five unique Lost Artifacts in hidden places around the Vatican. Unlike the other Discoveries, each ...