Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints who oversaw numerous significant canonizations including that of Mother Teresa, died Dec. 31.

Pope Francis is pictured here with Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany, New York, and several members of the Catholic Land Movement during a recent visit to the Vatican. Credit: Photo courtesy ...

In lesser hands, Conclave might have been a political thriller that happens to take place at the Vatican, similar to how some horror movies use exorcism as a device without addressing the ...

Pope Francis looks upon a nativity set in the Vatican Audience Hall in which the baby Jesus rests upon a Palestinian keffiyeh Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini.) Listen ROME – At year ...

(RNS) — The appearance of a keffiyeh on a Palestinian-made nativity scene at the Vatican caused a stir. So did its sudden disappearance. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the moments before Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a ...

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The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

(Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican showing the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh, widely seen ...

Apollo’s restored left hand was constructed from a mould thought to have been used in the original bronze statue Musei Vaticani The newly restored Apollo Belvedere, one of the Vatican’s most ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An Italian association for LGBTQ+ Christians, their parents and the priests and religious who minister with them is among the many groups registered to make a pilgrimage ...

The Vatican is organizing its first-ever pilgrimage for LGBTQ+ Christians, their relatives and allies during its 2025 celebration of Jubilee, a Holy Year that only occurs every 50 years.