A closely watched Vatican assembly on the family ended on Saturday without consensus among the bishops in attendance on what to say about gays, and whether to give communion to divorced and... Read more
Vatican City (dpa) – Pope Francis has basked in unprecedented popularity since his election in March last year, reviving the scandal-tainted image of the Vatican with his unorthodox, d... Read more
Pope Francis attends the Opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 5, 2014 in Vatican City.Franco Origlia—Getty Images It can be easy to fixate on the idea t... Read more
BY PHILIP PULLELLA VATICAN CITY Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:14pm IST Pope Francis (R) greets Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI before a mass in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican September 28, 2014.... Read more
Melvyn MIsquita teamherald@herald-goa.com PANJIM/ VATICAN CITY: Five centuries since the official arrival of the Roman Catholic faith, Goa will finally get the honour of having its illustrio... Read more
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis travels to South Korea this week with a message of peace for the divided peninsula on his first papal visit to Asia, where the Catholic Church is undergoing dramat... Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis baptized 10 people Saturday and urged them to bring their faith “to the ends of the Earth” as he presided over an Easter Vigil in St. Peter... Read more
In his new book, The Church of Mercy—a compilation of speeches, homilies, and writings collected from the first year of Pope Francis’s papacy—the pontiff outlines his vision for a Catholic C... Read more
Pope Francis continued his rock star turn yesterday by breaking with tradition and publicly confessing his sins while leading a penitential liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica. The pope, d... Read more