For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 25-meter (82-foot) Christmas tree that towers ...

Pope Leo’s updates to the Vatican labor code attempt to streamline a Curia under pressure, from pension woes to a dwindling ...

Pope Leo has dissolved a high-level Catholic commission established to encourage donations to the Vatican, the Vatican said ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Women now hold roles that shape the Church’s global mission —from selecting bishops to overseeing humanitarian initiatives.

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families. The Vatican ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

What looks like a tiny dot on the map turns out to be one of the most remarkable places in Europe, where centuries of faith and culture sit side by side ...

Through the new chirograph Vinculum Unitatis et Caritatis, the Holy Father is eliminating the current Commissio de ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...