Strong departments of justice and finance are essential if the Vatican is going to operate effectively and efficiently ...

Established author and Christian Theologian, Griff Ruby, presents an in-depth examination of the history and changes within the Roman Catholic Church in his book, "The Resurrection of the Roman ...

The Vatican exists as a country because the Catholic Church is powerful enough that Italy could not erase it without triggering global backlash. After Italy conquered Rome in 1870, the Popes refused ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Not long after I arrived in town as the National Catholic Reporter's Vatican correspondent, I attended a farewell dinner for a Roman Curia official who had served here for almost a decade. It was the ...

“Popes come and go, the Curia remains,” Pope Leo XIV said this morning as he greeted some 5,000 managers and employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of the Vatican City State and the Vicariate ...

July 6 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV, 69, started a six-week long vacation at the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo Sunday, getting out of the Roman summer heat and seeking the cooler temperatures outside of ...