The communist government in China has promulgated a new set of rules for religious clergy to be implemented in two months, but they ignore the Sino-Vatican agreement on bishop appointments by asking

Cardinal Robert Sarah, head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, is pictured at the Vatican in this Jan. 14, 2020, file photo. In mid-February, Pope Francis accepted

Vatican City, Feb 17, 2021 / 07:00 am MT (CNA).- The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued guidelines on Wednesday for the celebration of

At the end of January, Pope Francis delivered an important address to

By Timothy Walch • Catholic News Service • Posted February 12, 2021 “Vatican Secret Archives: Unknown Pages of Church History” by Grzegorz Gorny and Janusz Rosikon. Ignatius Press (San

Vatican City — Pope Francis appointed two new undersecretaries for the Vatican's

Rome — Pope Francis on Jan. 30 urged those charged with passing

Vatican City, Jan 26, 2021 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- Pope Francis on Tuesday afternoon attended the Vatican funeral of his personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, who died earlier this month. Soccorsi,

ROME — Pope Francis has changed the laws of the Roman Catholic church to formally allow women to give readings from the Bible during Mass, act as altar servers and

The claim: Pope Francis was arrested after blackout at the VaticanRumors that Pope Francis was arrested after a blackout in Vatican City started to spread across the internet on Jan. 10. The allegation first appeared on

CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 07:30 am MT (CNA).- On Sunday, Jan. 10, the internet was abuzz with false reports of an overnight blackout at the Vatican, accompanied by

The first time Americans elected a Catholic as president, Baptists were among those expressing alarm over possible violations of church-state separation. This year, with the imminent inauguration of President-elect Joe

ROME – Today is New Year’s, which, beyond being the solemnity of Mary the Mother of God on the Church’s liturgical calendar, is also the Vatican-designated World Day of Peace,