Pope Leo XIV changed a Vatican law to allow women and non-cardinals to lead the Vatican City administration. Francis appointed a woman in November.

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists have spoken out in support of a free press after the recent attacks on two journalists in Italy ...

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal sacked by Pope Francis amid a corruption investigation is suing an Italian news magazine, claiming that his ruined reputation has eliminated his chances of becoming ...

The purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty,” a Vatican report concluded. “In ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.