Pope Leo lamented a world "in flames" due to wars and the destruction of the environment during an Ash Wednesday Mass, opening the season of Lent for ...

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, ...

The Epstein files have unmasked a startling campaign to destabilise the Papacy. Records show Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein conspired to 'take down' Pope Francis, viewing the Vatican as a vital ...

The bones of St Francis of Assisi, the revered medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians, are going on public display for the first time.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the Vatican’s highest appeals court reviews the landmark finance trial, defense lawyers are increasingly focusing on an uncomfortable question: the legality of actions taken by ...

John Allen, who has died of cancer aged 61, was the leading Vatican correspondent of his day, the editor of the American ...

Iran has appointed Alireza Arafi to the Leadership Council following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This group has taken charge, as senior military commanders were also eliminated ...

So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent? Just last week, we were with Jesus in the desert, as he ...

Ignazio Silone’s novel “Bread and Wine” tells the story of Pietro Spina, a socialist and revolutionary who is a wanted man in Fascist Italy, and who, in order to elude capture, disguises himself as a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Newly released files by the U.S. Department of Justice show that convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Trump aide Steve Bannon discussed strategies to ...

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet says the bunting lining the capital's streets and large crowds of government supporters embody the image of the nation the government wants to ...