The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, the largest traditionalist institute, announced September 27 that the Vatican has ...

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

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 ...

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

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered evidence that could point to a woman ruling in a coastal valley during the ancient ...

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Kossoff) Nor does the letter claim that Christianity has always affirmed democracy. Dionne and Hollenbach both noted in their ...

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

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

Pope Francis’ call for the release of Myanmar’s jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and his offer of the Vatican as a ...

A delegation of bishops from the Syro-Malabar Church led by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and comprising Cardinal George Alencherry, archbishops Andrews Thazhath and Joseph Pamplany will join the ...

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 ...