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Pontiff, 86, hands over rather than reads out prepared speech at Vatican meeting with European rabbis

Pope Francis has met with a delegation of European rabbis but opted not to read his speech, saying he wasn't well

The Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese says that the leader of China’s Communist Party-sponsored version of the Catholic church will visit Hong Kong this month at the invitation of the city’s pope-appointed cardinal

American Ballet Theatre's dancers rehearse opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater, returning to China for the first time in a decade. Britain's King Charles III in Kenya, on his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. Pope Francis leads a special prayer for peace at The Vatican,…

Pope Francis to Make Historic Appearance at COP28 Climate Change Summit in Dubai

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women

A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia

Bishop Kaszak’s diocese admits ‘serious violation of moral norms’ after Polish police called to party attended by male sex worker

Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is heading into its final stretch

High-ranking Catholics from across the globe have converged on the Vatican, where a landmark initiative is underway that will shape the future of the Catholic Church.

From Bosch’s crazed party to the homoerotic images Michelangelo smuggled into the Vatican, this was an age of taboo-busting. And, as our writer argues in a new book, it sparked its own culture wars