Newly discovered correspondence in the Vatican archives suggests that Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland
September 16, 2023
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is vowing to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants
September 15, 2023
The pope's top adviser on fighting sex abuse is urging Vatican offices to stop displaying artwork by an ex-Jesuit artist
June 28, 2024
Pope Francis has decreed that an area of northern Rome long used by Vatican Radio will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City
June 26, 2024
The Vatican is standing trial in a London court over a property deal
June 26, 2024
The Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: It is mounting a multimedia installation inside Venice’s Giudecca women’s prison
March 11, 2024
Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes in a book-length interview
April 02, 2024
Pope Francis has removed from office the bishop of Tyler, Texas
November 11, 2023
Pope Francis is marking a birthday
December 17, 2023
A Group of Seven summit is opening in Italy with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral
June 13, 2024
Vatican police have detained a former employee after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th century manuscript back to the Holy See
June 06, 2024
Pope Francis has apologized after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests
May 28, 2024
A long-delayed and complex project to bring a subway line under ancient Roman ruins and through Rome’s historic center has entered a crucial phase
May 23, 2024
The Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena
May 17, 2024
Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits
May 13, 2024
The Vatican has crossed a key milestone in the runup to its 2025 Jubilee with the promulgation of the official decree establishing the Holy Year
May 09, 2024
Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution
April 28, 2024
Italy is marking its liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule amid a fresh media controversy over the legacy of Italian fascist complicity in the Holocaust and World War II-era crimes
April 25, 2024
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government has scored a victory with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies
April 23, 2024
The European Union’s top diplomat is urging the Group of Seven to take quick and concrete steps to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine
April 18, 2024
Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the resort island of Capri
April 17, 2024
The Vatican has declared that sex change operations and surrogacy are grave threats to human dignity
April 08, 2024
An international campaign to ban surrogacy has received a strong endorsement from the Vatican
April 05, 2024
Pope Francis appears to have overcome concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass
March 31, 2024
The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night
March 30, 2024
