Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse, expanding the rules of “Vos Estis” to ...

Pope Francis said in a recent interview: "There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the western church is ...

On his election 10 years ago, Pope Francis was hailed as a voice of modernisation. Has his papacy made a difference to health ...

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of ...

Reuters reported that more than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. But the new law ...

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that ...

Pope Francis permanently decreed Saturday an updated version of Vos Estis Lux Mundi, his landmark legislation to counter sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The decree promulgated March 25 ...

The Vatican and Pope Francis unveiled a new slate of legislation on Saturday that updates existing rules within the Catholic Church to penalize coverups of sexual abuse and hold perpetrators ...

The Vatican published new legislation that extends the existing rules for investigating bishops over sex abuse or its coverup to lay leaders of Catholic organizations.

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.