
Pope Francis takes aim at child abusers and Vatican corruption
Pope Francis has released his long-awaited reform program of the Holy See bureaucracy that envisages greater decision-making roles for the laity and...

Pope Francis says getting vaccinated a ‘moral obligation’
Pope Francis has suggested that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus is a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by...

Pope Francis demands humility from clergy in Christmas message
Pope Francis has urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats to embrace humility this Christmas, saying their pride, self-interest and the “glitter of...

Vatican trial opens into financial scandal
Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican’s modern history, which is set...

Judge blames technician for Italian cable car crash
The three suspects in Italy’s deadly cable car crash have been allowed to leave prison after a judge said most of the...

Pope can’t bless same-sex marriage ‘sin’
The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin”. The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the...

Pope Francis strips Vatican secretariat of financial assets and real estate
Pope Francis has formally stripped the Vatican secretariat of state of its financial assets and real estate holdings following its bungled management...