November 23, 2020 NBA players travel to Vatican to discuss social justice work with Pope Francis A delegation of NBA players traveled to the Vatican on Monday to meet with Pope Francis to discuss the league’s efforts to combat social injustice.
November 20, 2020 Instagram helps Vatican trace bikini model 'like' that seemed to come from pope The Vatican and Facebook are working together to find the origins of a "like" on a bikini model's photo that appeared to come from Pope Francis' account.
November 19, 2020 Ambassador Callista Gingrich: US fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is hosting a virtual symposium Thursday titled “Never Again: Confronting the Global Rise of Anti-Semitism.”
November 11, 2020 Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report The pope's pledge came a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades-long church cover-up of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's sexual misconduct.
November 10, 2020 Polish cardinal chastised by Vatican unconscious in hospital A prominent Polish cardinal who was recently sanctioned by the Vatican over sexual abuse allegations has been hospitalized since last week and remains unconscious, Polish media reported Tuesday.
November 2, 2020 Vatican breaks silence on Pope Francis' gay civil union remarks The Vatican says Pope Francis’ comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis’ belief that gay couples should enjoy legal protections.
October 21, 2020 Pope Francis supports law for same-sex civil unions in new documentary: ‘They are children of God’ Pope Francis supported same-sex civil unions for the first time as pontiff during an interview for the documentary film “Francesco,” which premiered at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.
October 14, 2020 Woman close to Vatican cardinal arrested in corruption probe The Vatican’s swirling corruption investigation has taken a mysterious new twist with the arrest on an international warrant of a Sardinian woman said to be close to one of the Holy See’s most powerful cardinals before his downfall.
October 12, 2020 Vatican under fire for moving to renew deal with the Chinese Communist Party Much to the chagrin of U.S. officials and human rights advocates – amid the notion that China is one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be Christian – the Vatican is in the process of renewing a 2018 provisional deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
October 1, 2020 Pompeo defends criticizing Vatican over China ties Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not get his meeting with Pope Francis, but he said he did have very constructive talks with the Vatican secretary of state and some other high-level prelates on Thursday -- less than two weeks after he criticized plans for the Vatican to renew an agreement with China regarding church operations.
