When Cardinal Kevin Farrell was appointed president of the Vatican’s Supreme Court last week, it marked yet another way in which his star continues to rise, making him one of the most prominent...

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...