Vatican reveals document toying with idea of accepting homosexuals A new document supporting homosexuals from the Vatican has caused controversy within the ranks of church conservatives but has won cheers from LGBT rights advocates.
Pope Francis has called for Christians to come together to end torture. Pope Francis is taking a public stance against torture. He told an audience in St.
A new United Nations report regarding torture and sexual abuse concluded that the Vatican exercises control of its bishops and priests worldwide and did not fully comply with the U.N.'s global anti-torture treaty.
Pope Francis delivered a strongly worded speech on Friday in which he addressed the sexual abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic church and asked for the public's forgiveness.
Two of the most influential people in the world, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met at the Vatican in Vatican City his week to share commonalities on immigration, poverty, and the economy.
The Pope innocently mispronounced a word during his weekly sermon but the mistake actually translated into what The Independent refers to as a “distinctly unholy language.”
The Pope's new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastián, 85, is showing his age - and his ignorance.Sebastián, who will take up his post in the Vatican as Spain's newest cardinal in February, is already making a dramatic entrance by reportedly calling homosexuality a physical "defect" that can be cured.
United Nations child protection experts are cracking down on Vatican delegates on how Roman Catholic officials handled the decades-long sexual abuse of minors by priests, saying they still need to speak up and reveal more information in order to put guilty priests behind bars.
Yesterday, the Vatican celebrated the feast day of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the church's patron saint of animals, by blessing the animals who came from far and wide to receive a papal blessing.
