New technologies make gender transitions easier; Pope Francis says this "utopia of the neutral" jeopardizes the creation of new life.
Pope Francis gave a very symbolic gift to Donald Trump, his 184 page encyclical on climate change, in the hope that he would read and consider it.
The Vatican’s financial chief, Cardinal George Pell, is accused of sexually abusing two choirboys after becoming archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.
A shortage of priests is the reason a national commission calls for a review to ordain married men to priesthood under specific conditions.
Pope Francis is quietly reducing sanctions against pedophile priests and even refusing to defrock priests found guilty of sexually abusing children.
Pope Francis has delivered another criticism of some members of his church by suggesting it is better to be an atheist than a hypocritical Catholic.
In a letter, Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must stick to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children.
In a new guideline for priests there is a section for “persons with homosexual tendencies” who cannot be admitted to seminaries or to the priesthood.
On the orders of Pope Francis, a Spanish priest, jailed by the Vatican for leaking secret files to journalists, was released from custody on Tuesday.
Pope Francis said it is wrong to identify Islam with violence, as idolatry of money and social injustice are among the leading causes for terrorism.
