On Saturday Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, is scheduled to celebrate a penitential liturgy in the church after a man climbed onto the main altar naked to protest the war...

On Tuesday the Vatican released a new Global Family Compact, which among other things condemned declining birth rates while reiterating the Church’s stance against the use of contraception and...

On Monday the Vatican’s department for communications released a lengthy new document reflecting on the risks and benefits of social media and the attitude of Christians who use them, saying the...