The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City. The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican has released a health update on Pope Francis 12 years after he was first elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Catholic women have long complained of second-class status in an institution that reserves the priesthood for men. Francis has ... to her job running the Vatican City State administration, Petrini ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...