Biden: Pope told me that I should “keep receiving Communion”
Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told him he was...
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Vatican: Pope to deliver Sunday blessing from Rome hospital
Pope Francis will follow in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and deliver his weekly Sunday blessing and greeting from the Rome hospital where he is recovering from intestinal...
Pope temporarily had fever 3 days after intestinal surgery
Pope Francis temporarily had a fever three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests and scans proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday.
Pope Francis, though hospitalized, is still in charge
The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and roles to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or...
Behind the Vaticanās London real estate scandal
The Vatican has set a July 27 trial date for 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal and papal contender, on charges related to the Holy See’s 350 million-euro investment in...
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority, and to say that laypeople who hold church office can...
Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 13
A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 13...
WTO chief: Vaccine waiver helpful, not key for virus fight
The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday the U.S. administration’s call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines could help expand fair access to vaccines but might not...
Pope celebrates surprise Holy Thursday with ousted cardinal
Pope Francis celebrated a surprise Holy Thursday Mass with the cardinal he fired last year, extending an extraordinary gesture to Cardinal Angelo Becciu by celebrating the liturgy that commemorates Jesus'...
Catholic Church won’t bless gay unions, Vatican says God “canāt bless sin”
The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church won't bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”