The Vatican has unveiled a new mascot for the Catholic Church in the hope of engaging young people - a cartoon character named Luce. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Vatican's chief organiser for ...

Parts of the Roman Catholic Church are still failing to ensure clerical sexual abuse is reported adequately, Pope Francis’ commission for child protection said Tuesday, raising concerns about a ...

The renewal comes days after a report from the Hudson Institute detailed how seven Catholic bishops in China have been detained without due process. A new report by religious freedom advocate Nina ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome The Vatican and China have agreed to extend an agreement aimed at ending a decades-old power struggle over the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in ...

If we really think of God as a Who and not a What—in other words, if we think of him as a Someone capable of speech, then there is no “security” against revelation. And man’s only meaningful response ...

Pope Francis said people being blessed did not require "moral perfection" Pope Francis has allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, a significant advance for LGBT people in the Roman Catholic ...