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 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis spoke out about sexual abuse of children in the Church during an audience with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on Thursday, the Vatican said.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called once more for peace and an end to the suffering of people in Ukraine and the Holy Land during his general audience on Wednesday.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was taken to the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday for a CAT scan of his lungs, the Vatican said.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis cancelled all engagements on Saturday after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu.

 VATICAN CITY – Tensions between the Holy See and Israel have risen after Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin called on Israel to stop the “carnage” in Gaza, leading to the Israeli Ambassado

 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis ended his General Audience on Ash Wednesday by urging care and prayer for “the war-torn Ukraine, Palestine, and Israel who suffer so much,” and for “intensifying prayer

 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis accused critics of his blessing gay Catholics of “hypocrisy” on Wednesday.

 VATICAN CITY — Detailing his vision for Catholic education during an audience with the President and Board of Trustees of the American University of Notre Dame on Thursday, Pope Francis said Catho

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has encouraged people to break free from the chains of personal slavery and rebuild bonds of universal brotherhood in his Lenten message.

 VATICAN CITY – A priest in northern Italy, Father Gabriele Martinelli, has been convicted by the Vatican Appeals Court on charges of sexually abusing a choir boy and seminarian in St Peter's Basil

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has voiced concern about the future of Italy’s rural villages, which are home to almost a quarter of Italy’s residents, saying suppor

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis reiterated Sunday his call for an end to fighting in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, saying that “war is a crime against humanity.“

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis lashed out at gluttony Wednesday and called for eating habits to be “moderate and socially responsible,” saying that Western societie

 VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church’s top theologian, Argentinian Cardinal Manuel Fernandez, has moved to try and quell growing unease among many conservative bis

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) address called for the Palestinian question to be resolved and the release by Hamas terrorists

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis urged Christians Saturday not to confuse Christmas with consumerism, calling on the faithful to remain close to those suffering in wa

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis began a busy Monday of public audiences by saying that he was ill and not able to read his speech but the Vatican chief spokesman sai

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis opened Wednesday a special synod on the future of the Roman Catholic church by urging bishops and lay people from around the world to

 ROME - - Athletes from the Vatican City, as part of a team known as Athletica Vaticana, are competing at the World Cycling Championships in Glasgow.

 VATICAN CITY - - Protestors from the charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dressed as bulls as part of a new campaign imploring the pontiff to end bullfighting.

 VATICAN CITY - - The prosecutor in a Vatican court has requested a prison sentence of seven years and three months for Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of embezzlement and tarnished by sc

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has implored world leaders to limit carbon emissions amid unprecedented levels of heat and extreme weather events.

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has appointed 21 new cardinals, explaining that their provenance expresses the universality of the Church.

 VATICAN CITY -- The reported dispute between the rebellious former personal secretary to the late Pope Benedict, Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Pope Francis reached new tensions when the