The Vatican has a jail, but Torzi's whereabouts weren't immediately known. Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. Gregorio Borgia / AP ...

Vatican finances have long been a source of scandal, and this case has brought back memories of Roberto Calvi, the man known as “God’s banker,” who was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge ...

For Vatican prosecutors, that amounted to extortion. For the defense — and a British judge who rejected Vatican requests to seize Torzi's assets — it was a negotiated exit from a legally ...

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Pope Francis, who has made reaching out to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics a hallmark of his papacy, has made clear that transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents and be witnesses at church ...

For the Vatican, the Lent of 2025 takes place in a desert of uncertainty as the pope’s health hangs in the balance. They are hoping – and praying – that a way ahead emerges.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Her critics have dubbed her ‘the Sea-Witch,’ but her clients say Lauro Sgrò is the only person who gave them a chance.

The Synod on Synodality gathering at the Vatican could be defining for Pope Francis. Key agenda items include women's role in the church and welcoming divorced Catholics and LGBTQ+ Catholics.

When the Vatican issued prepared remarks on July 5 for Pope Francis’s blessing at St. Peter’s Square, it included a message to the people of Hong Kong, saying the current standoff “requires ...

“Vatican: Over Six Thousand Jews in Rome Were Saved Thanks to the Action of Pius XII” was a January 28 headline in Rome’s major daily paper, Il Messaggero.

The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most detailed financial disclosures ever.

The Vatican's U.N. ambassador in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, released the figures during a second day of grilling by a U.N. committee monitoring implementation of the U.N. treaty against ...