Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret decrees that gave ...

Catholic priests threaten schism with Rome over bishop consecrations as SSPX plans July ceremony without papal approval, escalating decades-long conflict.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the Vatican’s highest appeals court reviews the landmark finance trial, defense lawyers are ...

Vatican City: Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached ...

The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, widely known as SSPX, has announced it will ordain bishops without papal permission on July 1, an act that would lead to the automatic excommunication of both the ...

Ahead of his 80th birthday, Cardinal Christophe Pierre sat down with ‘EWTN News In Depth’ anchor Catherine Hadro to discuss ...

The Vatican’s second-highest-ranking official, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the Holy See received the invitation and is ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, warned that blogs and online ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin urges restraint by federal agents as Catholic bishops in the United States ...

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin confirmed Saturday that the Holy See attempted to mediate to avert U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, which culminated Jan. 3 with the capture ...

He seemed to know everyone at the Holy See, and it showed in his reporting for the National Catholic Reporter and his website ...