Approving such ordinations would rupture the unity of the Catholic Church, and no pope is going there, Francis included. P ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter ...

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...

Father Joseph Guo Fude, who died on Dec. 30, will continue to inspire with his message of love, sacrifice and service ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of ...

Putting a spotlight on the “scourge of child labor,” the Holy Father lamented that there are “too many children forced to ...

Today we know how to turn our eyes toward Mars or virtual worlds, but we struggle to look into the eyes of a child who has ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.