September 27, 2017 Trial begins for ex-execs in charge of Vatican children's hospital Two former executives of a Vatican children's hospital were set for trial on charges of embezzlement after a Vatican court rejected dismissing the case on Tuesday
September 26, 2017 Vatican treasurer vows to fight sex abuse charges in Australia He claims he is the victim of character assassination.
September 26, 2017 Pope Francis attacks conservative Catholics -- and Trump? Someone brought a dog to mass at my parish this weekend. It lay smack in the middle of the main aisle, forcing parishioners to edge around it.
September 23, 2017 Conservative Catholics accuse pope of spreading heresy Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
September 18, 2017 Vatican diplomat in US recalled amid child porn investigation A high-ranking priest working in the Vatican's embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him to be charged there and face trial in a child pornography investigation, Vatican and U.S. officials said Friday.
July 6, 2017 Pope Francis shuts Holy Door, but urges: Stay open to reconciliation Pope Francis pulled shut the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, formally ending the Holy Year of Mercy he declared to stress the need for greater reconciliation and forgiveness in his church and in the world.
July 6, 2017 Why Mother Teresa matters (and what her canonization means) Canonization is the process by which the Catholic Church solemnly proclaims that a holy person becomes inscribed on the list (i.e. the canon) of those persons who may be venerated publicly in the liturgy of the Catholic Church.
July 6, 2017 Church has more martyrs today than in first centuries, Pope Francis says Despite the chronicle of horrific deaths suffered by early Christians during the vaunted "Age of Martyrs" Pope Francis said Monday that the church has more martyrs today than the early church did.
July 3, 2017 Chasing profits, pope's hospital put children at risk When doctors and nurses at the Vatican's showcase children's hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the Vatican responded by ordering up a secret in-house investigation.
July 2, 2017 Vatican shakeup - behind the sweet smile, Pope Francis flexes his muscle By removing Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Francis neutralized one of the few princes of the church whose job it was to call out the pope for his seemingly endless appetite for doctrinal change.
