The most significant part of the law, a permanent version of a 2019 measure, may be its impact on the “lay faithful,” who ...

It was their most essential command.” These days, it seems you should at least be skeptical. The viral image of Pope Francis in a Balenciaga puffer jacket has gone viral but the photo is a deep fake ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 29 for “some previously planned tests,” the Vatican ...

The pope didn’t actually wear that great jacket, but a lot of people were ready to believe he did. Being alive and on the internet in 2023 suddenly means seeing hyperrealistic images of famous people ...

Pope Francis on March 25 made permanent his 2019 experimental law on clergy sex abuse and expanded the law to include lay ...

The Vatican and Pope Francis unveiled a new slate of legislation on Saturday that updates existing rules within the Catholic Church to penalize coverups of sexual abuse and hold perpetrators ...

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that ...

Some say the Jesuit pope causes confusion because of his unpredictability, but he is actually consistent and predictable when ...

ROME—The Vatican on Saturday published new legislation that extends to lay leaders of Catholic organizations the existing rules for investigating bishops over sex abuse or its coverup.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of ...

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to ...