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.

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate. The document, a ...

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 ...

Cardinal Petrocchi emphasized that this question cannot be resolved solely with historical data and that, ultimately, it is ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A powerful Vatican cardinal caught up in a real estate scandal resigned suddenly on Thursday and gave up his right to take part in an eventual conclave to elect a ...