The Church of St. Vitale, built in 386, is the oldest Christian church still standing in the center of Rome. It is the “only ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

A Manhattan priest gave a New York City museum the greatest holiday gift this season — donating his sprawling, Nativity scene ...

VATICAN CITY – Over 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long ...

More than 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics made a historic pilgrimage to Rome, marking unprecedented acceptance after decades of feeling shunned by the church. Participants credited Pope Francis with ...

The Catholic Church — especially in Italy — was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5. Alarm was ...

Russell Crowe films The Pope's Exorcist in Rome, Italy. The Aussie actor was spotted in full costume filming a scene behind The Colosseum where he walked rapidly along a graffitied street carrying a ...

ROME – An Italian priest has been placed under house arrest on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a minor, while also facing at least five other charges of abuse in other communities said to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who designed the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain.

ROME — An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday he had been misunderstood and incurred the protests of the faithful and local religious ...