Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Jason Whitehead first saw the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, it “was a bit of a surprise,” he said.

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has made history by naming an Italian nun as the first woman to head a prominent Vatican department.

In the Vatican, Francis met with the diplomatic corps at the Holy See for the traditional exchange of greetings. In his ...

Sadly, we begin this year as the world finds itself rent by numerous conflicts, large and small, more or less known,...(Fonte ...

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Audience for Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See yesterday, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a 'diplomacy of hope' based on truth, forgiveness, freedom, and justice.The Holy ...