BEIJING—China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years, officials said Tuesday. The 2018 agreement ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A major Vatican summit of global Catholic leaders ended on Saturday with a call for women to be granted more leadership roles in the Church but stopped short of calling ...

Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a longtime Vatican diplomat to be his papal envoy to Medjugorje, following the death of Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser in August. Pope Francis on Saturday appointed ...

VATICAN CITY – A new assistant Roman Catholic bishop for Beijing was ordained on Oct 25, three days after the Vatican and Chinese officials extended an accord on appointments in China, the ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A new assistant Catholic bishop for Beijing was ordained on Friday, three days after the Vatican and Chinese officials extended an accord on appointments in China ...

There is rejoicing that the Vatican has recognised the spiritual fruits of the alleged apparitions of Mary in a small town in ...

POPE Francis (center, back to camera) as he addresses participants during the opening of the synod’s first working session in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall October 2. In 2021 ...

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” —St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe Our Lady of Velankanni is largely unknown in the West but she ...

VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2022, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms declined, according to ...

On the opening day of the synod, Oct. 2, delegates were given presentations from the coordinators of the groups, including Fernández, who is the head of the Vatican's doctrinal office and ...

At the end of 2022, the number of Catholics in the world reached 1.389 billion, up 0.79% from 1.378 billion Catholics at the end of 2021, according to the Vatican's Central Office of Church ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2022, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms declined ...