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.
September 30, 2020 Vatican denies Pompeo audience with pope, accuses him of playing politics The Vatican announced Wednesday that they had denied U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s request to meet with Pope Francis during his visit to Rome this week.
September 29, 2020 Ambassador Callista Gingrich: Trump administration defends international religious freedom Defending international religious freedom is a cornerstone of U.S. diplomacy and a key policy priority for President Trump.
September 6, 2020 Pope: Gossiping is "plague worse than COVID" Amid the weird, crazy year of the global coronavirus pandemic, the pope said on Sunday that gossiping is worse than COVID-19.
