The priest allegedly struck the victim on the head with an axe, doused him in flammable liquid and set him on fire ...

Pope Leo XIV asked people to fast on Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special ...

The claims come as Pope Leo is desperately trying to clean up the Catholic Church’s reputation after years of scandal.

Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the ...

The Italian bishops’ media outlet, L’Avvenire, confirmed on August 14 that Grech, one of the highest-ranking cardinals in the ...

Pope Leo XIV is planning to invite a number of potential “flatmates” to live with him when he moves into the papal apartments later this year, according to reports. Days after his election, the Pope ...

The world's 10 smallest cities have been revealed, andVatican City only just cracks the top five.

The Vatican's Financial Supervision and Information Authority Beyond the two frozen accounts, three transactions totalling €1.06m were also suspended, the report said.

That could be said for a new Italian restaurant in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, where the owner was anointed “papal ...

Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the sad news that 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away from a cerebral stroke and irreversible heart failure at around 7.30am on Easter Monday ...

When Francis became Pope in 2013, the Vatican was “in a dilemma and a no-win situation” when it came to China, Jonathan Tan, a professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University ...

The Vatican is the smallest independent state in the world and residence of the spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory is surrounded by the Italian capital city Rome, and ...