Pope Francis met a former prime minister of Israel and a former Palestinian foreign minister who believe they have a workable ...

The Vatican and the Chinese government are renewing their agreement on the appointment of bishops and extending it from a two ...

On Tuesday Vatican and Chinese authorities announced that they had extended a controversial agreement on episcopal ...

China and the Vatican have agreed to extend an accord on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for a longer period of ...

The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more ...

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Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

Pope Francis presides over a ceremony attended by thousands at St. Peter's square, Vatican City, to canonise 14 individuals and so create a new group of saints. Canonisation is the final step towards ...

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2022, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and ...

After meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier this week, former Israeli and Palestinian ministers said they ...

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Pope Francis received in a private audience President Joseph Nyuma Boakai the Vatican Apostolic Palace today, underscoring ...