The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

The Vatican's new document on implementing synodality acknowledges the energy and enthusiasm experienced by those who have ...

The Vatican has announced that a conclave to elect the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis will begin on May 7. The date was decided during a closed-door ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church was in need of repair to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a big meeting on the future of ...

Imperatori-Lee said the Vatican's Oct. 27 release of the document, titled "Enlarge the Space of Your Tent," marks "a real Vatican II moment for the church and a real moment of reception for the ...

Reforming the often unwieldy and out-of-touch Vatican bureaucracy, known as the Roman Curia, which governs a church of 1.3 billion faithful, was a central motivation for Francis’ election in 2013.

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, a Vatican official and former vicar of Rome, will preside over the March 5 ceremony and procession that inaugurates the church’s solemn Lenten season leading up to ...