FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Pope Francis is insisting that the Catholic Church shun all temptations of power, prestige and money as he presses his reform agenda amid new scandal in the Vatican. Francis outlined his vision of …

Francis' visit comes as the Vatican copes with a new “Vatileaks” scandal, after two new books laid bare the pope's uphill battle to reform the Italian-dominated Vatican bureaucracy and get a handle on its finances. Citing leaked confidential documents …

Francis' visit comes as the Vatican copes with a new "Vatileaks" scandal, after two new books laid bare the pope's uphill battle to reform the Italian-dominated Vatican bureaucracy and get a handle on its finances. Citing leaked confidential documents …

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CNS) — Reforms governing the transparency and accountability of Vatican monetary transactions are working as intended, said a layman who is spearheading Pope Francis' remake of the church's financial structure. New accounting …

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the recent leak of sensitive Vatican documents as a deplorable crime but said it would not distract him from forging ahead with reforms at the Holy See. The documents represent the findings of a study commission created …

The official reasons given were scheduling conflicts, though it is likely that the fact that the topic of Israel is a political minefield – and the fact that Reform Jews are overwhelming Democratic and so less attractive to the more competitive …

The president of the Reform movement condemned Israel's occupation of the West Bank and its settlement policies as causing “pain and hardship to the Palestinians.” In his keynote address to the Union of Reform Judaism Biennial Thursday night, Rabbi …

In February, Pope Francis gathered with the College of Cardinals and a group of lay people inside Vatican City's Synod Hall for a historic event: to receive an update on the financial health of the Holy See. Until very recently …

NEW YORK • Despite intense opposition from some conservatives and new revelations of financial scandals in the Vatican, Pope Francis is at peace with the reformist course he has set for the Catholic Church, according to a cardinal who is a leading …

Rome • Early in the morning on the Via Veneto, famed for its 1960s "dolce vita" party scene, journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi seeks to defend himself from criticism hailing from a very different part of the city — the Vatican. "Facts never harm democracy …