A woman is appointed Vatican prefect by Pope Francis for the first time. He has just appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the ...

Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to lead a Vatican department, naming the first woman head of the office ...

Observers say progressive new archbishop of Washington is expected to speak out for immigrants, LGBTQ persons and the ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

More pardons, measures to prevent homegrown political extremism, and more military aid for Israel are among the plans that ...

In opening remarks as archbishop-elect of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy said he prays for the success of ...

Pope Francis is moving the head of San Diego’s Roman Catholic Diocese to Washington, D.C., placing a prominent ally, as well ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, ...

New Hampshire's attorney general is signing off on the sale of Manchester's Catholic Medical Center to an out-of-state for-profit company.

Rome is to boost security in the area around the central Termini train station and the surrounding Esquilino district as part ...

One of the early puzzles you can find in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features a tomb below the Vatican, surrounded by ten robed skeleton statues bearing ...

In an amusing branding move, the Vatican debuted an anime-style cartoon mascot named Luce to mixed reactions online.