Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY, Nov 26 - Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify “spiritual abuse” as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use ...

Some couples have taken having a Catholic wedding to the next level, deciding to marry in the very heart of the Church: the Vatican. The unconventional choice, it turns out, is not uncommon ...

Pope Francis and the Vatican just created an "AI Bible" reshaping faith in the Digital Age. Story by Joseph Shavit • 6mo. I n ...

Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences ...

Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button issues, including the condemnation o ...

With the establishment of the English Liturgy after the Second Vatican Council, lectionaries using two different Catholic Bibles were approved for use in England and Wales: the Jerusalem Bible (JB ...

Representing Pope Francis, the top Vatican diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known in the Bible as Bethany Beyond ...