May 8, 2024 Vatican preparing 'guidelines' for 'apparitions', 'other supernatural phenomena' The Catholic Church's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will release guidance later this month to help believers discern "supernatural phenomena" such as "apparitions."
May 1, 2024 Outspoken pro-abortion governor gets speaking slot at Vatican summit Despite his social progressive stands on abortion and transgender issues, Gov. Gavin Newsom is invited to the annual Vatican climate summit in mid-May.
April 29, 2024 Pope visits Venice Biennale exhibit inside women's prison, consoles prisoners Pope Francis attended the Venice Biennale of Arts and visited the Vatican's exhibit, which was inside of a women's prison and created with the help of some prisoners.
April 12, 2024 Pope to make longest trip of papacy by traveling to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore Pope Francis is set to visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, delighting Catholics in the region. It is possible he will also stop in Vietnam.
April 9, 2024 Vatican document on modern issues shows 'how stupid it is' to see Church as 'left' or 'right': Bishop Barron Bishop Robert Barron told Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Digital that the release of the Vatican document "Dignitas infinita" on Monday shows "how stupid it is" to categorize the church as "right" or "left."
April 8, 2024 Vatican says gender theory, surrogacy violate human dignity in ethics document The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith admonished the practices of gender reassignment surgery and surrogate pregnancy on Monday, calling them threats to human dignity.
April 3, 2024 Vatican preparing document on 'immoral tendencies': Gender theory, surrogacy and more The Vatican announced a document is forthcoming next week that will provide guidance on gender ideology and surrogate pregnancies from the perspective of human dignity.
April 2, 2024 Peruvian archbishop has resigned from position as the Vatican investigates disturbing reports After suing two journalists for reports on sexual abuse and financial corruption, a Peruvian archbishop, José Eguren, has resigned in the midst of a Vatican investigation.
April 2, 2024 On this day in history, April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II dies at age 84 Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at age 84. The Polish-born pontiff had the third-longest papal reign in history and the second-longest of the modern era.
March 15, 2024 Pope acknowledges health problems and backlash, but says he isn't going anywhere in new memoir Pope Francis released an autobiography entitled “Life: My Story Through History," which is being published on March 19, the eleventh anniversary of his installation as pope.