Representatives of the Roman Curia and of the German Bishops’ Conference meet at the Vatican on June 28, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – As part of an ongoing tug of war with the German ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgery, "gender theory" and surrogate parenthood, drawing criticism from advocates for LGBTQ Catholics. The ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirmation surgeries, gender theory and surrogate parenthood, as well as abortion and euthanasia, four months after ...

Pope Leo XIV's interview with a Vatican journalist provides insight into how he sees his role as pope: a bridge-builder, ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was ...

In his first in-depth interviews since his election, Pope Leo XIV set out his vision for the Catholic Church: open to ...

The Vatican has announced that despite the death of Pope Francis, the Jubilee of Teenagers is still scheduled to take place in Rome beginning this Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27. According ...

The universal call to holiness is a signature teaching of the Second Vatican Council. The topic forms the subject of the fifth chapter of Lumen Gentium, the Council’s dogmatic constitution on the ...

Pope Francis also waived Vatican rules to canonize Pope John XXIII. LONDON, July 5, 2013 — -- He was the "Pilgrim Pope," the man who traveled the world inspiring a young generation of Catholics ...

Sheriff Richard Vernon of Nemaha County, Kan., talks with Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City outside of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Seneca, Kan., April 3, 2025. Earlier that day, Sts. Peter ...