The figure is the latest estimate in the expanding review of case files on Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell that has run more ...

The Justice Department needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process through late January ...

The number represents a more precise, and potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates. The department is seeking ...

If the last seven months have been an indication, the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV is one that will be fairly conventional for the Catholic Church.

The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic Church's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, or Gaudium et Spes, the most impactful Second Vatican Council document ...

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are increasingly difficult to discern, especially in Ireland, writes TP O'Mahony ...

Vatican posts 1.6 mln euro surplus in 2024, the first for years Structural deficit shrinks to 44 mln euros, but still a concern Donations and asset sales drive positive result VATICAN CITY, Nov 26 ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...

The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman. A new document defending monogamy, signed ...

Pope Leo XIV greets religious leaders and people involved in interreligious dialogue during an event at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2025, marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council ...

When the Second Vatican Council formally ended on Dec. 8, 1965, theologians and scholars immediately undertook a new (and ongoing) task: interpreting the council and providing the faithful with the ...

Cardinal Arthur Roche, who leads the Vatican’s administrative body on the liturgy, encouraged American parishes to better familiarize themselves with Pope Francis’ guidelines on the Mass and ensure ...