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A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had ...

St. Jerome is known for his Biblical translations and commentaries. The Jerome Biblical Commentary, probably the most ...

On Sept. 30, Pope Francis met with a delegation of women at the Vatican who presented voices from the Amazon region and ...

Pope Francis has strongly criticized both U.S. presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies on abortion and ...

Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated ...

Of the 368 participants this time around, 272 are bishops and the rest are a mix of priests, deacons, male and female ...

VATICAN— The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled the theme of the next international World Youth Day — which will be in Seoul, South ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — But earlier this year, the head of the Vatican’s communications department created an uproar when he defended the continued use of images of Rupnik’s mosaics on the Vatican’s own news ...

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican ...

In a brief press conference on the plane returning from Belgium, Pope Francis answered questions including one on Israel’s ...

BRUSSELS — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their ...