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Giants QB's famed agent gifts Pope Francis a football in Vatican visit
Stellato also successfully handed off a custom football as a gift to His Holiness.
Construction workers can't believe their eyes after finding these nearly 1,700-years-old items
Construction workers in Italy recently came across the site of an ancient laundry near the Vatican, officials say.
Pope Francis clears way for Italian teen Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint
Carlo Acutis was deemed responsible for saving the life of a young Costa Rican woman well after his own death.
Catholic monk comes out as trans man with permission of his bishop: 'Deal with us'
Brother Christian Matson, a diocesan hermit in Kentucky, formally came out on Sunday with the permission of his bishop.
Vatican to hold press conference on ‘apparitions and other supernatural phenomena’
The Vatican will hold a press conference about “apparitions and other supernatural phenomena” today, leading to frenzied speculation.
Mayor Eric Adams asks Pope Francis to pray for NYC during audience in Vatican
Hizzoner just met hizzoliness.
Clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic Church leaders who may have shielded predators
Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades.
Vatican says transgender surgeries defy God, surrogacy defies human dignity
The 20-page “Declaration Dignitas Infinita, on human dignity” asserts that the sex a person was born with is an “irrevocable gift” from God, and that anyone who desires “a personal...
King Charles attends Easter Sunday service in his first public royal event since cancer diagnosis
Charles, 75, waved as he and Queen Camilla arrived by car at St George's Chapel, the resting place of his late mother Queen Elizabeth, for the service.
Frail Pope Francis braves health concerns, presides over blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square
Easter Mass is one of the most important dates on the liturgical calendar, celebrating what the faithful believe was Jesus’ resurrection after his crucifixion.
Pope Francis skips Good Friday procession at last minute 'to preserve his health'
Pope Francis cancelled at the last minute his attendance at the Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum.
The dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression
Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504.
Furious critics compare Pope's call for Ukraine to wave 'white flag' to Nazi appeasement
"I urge [the Church] to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and to support Ukraine and its people," Ukraine's foreign minister fumed.
Priests caught joking about Pope Francis dying 'as soon as possible' during YouTube stream
Six priests are facing “corrective measures” for a mock prayer that Pope Francis “go to heaven as soon as possible” during a conservative-leaning gathering.
Pope cancels Saturday meetings because of mild flu: Vatican
Pope Francis canceled his meetings on Saturday because of mild flu, the Vatican said in a statement.
The Vatican's secret keeper is retiring -- here's what he wants you to know
In a new book-length interview titled “Secretum” to be published Tuesday, Pagano divulges some of the unknown, lesser-known and behind-the-scenes details of well-known sagas of the Holy See.
Pope Francis says 'sexual pleasure is a gift from God' but condemns porn
Pope Francis told crowds outside the Vatican Wednesday that sex was something to be cherished, but it is ultimately being "undermined by pornography."
Pope Francis calls for universal ban on 'despicable' surrogate motherhood: 'Object of trafficking'
In a foreign policy address to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, Francis lamented that 2024 had dawned at a time in history in which peace is “increasingly threatened, weakened...
Pope Benedict would have banned same-sex blessings, aide says on anniversary of his death
"It never would have happened (under Benedict) because it was so ambiguous," Mueller said on the sidelines of the event.
Pope Francis blasts weapons industry as he makes Christmas appeal for peace in the world
Pope Francis on Monday used his annual Christmas address to push for Mideast peace while blasting weapons makers and their “instruments of death” for helping to fuel such conflicts.