"We have created new idols," he said in a speech in the Vatican. "The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal." …

The head of the Vatican's department for religious life has said that dialogue has been missing from the Vatican-ordered reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect …

Last April the Holy See appointed Archbishop James Sartain of Seattle as the Vatican's delegate to oversee a reform of the LCWR, finding that “the current doctrinal and pastoral situation of LCWR is grave and a matter of …

Vatican City, May 2, 2013 / 08:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The number two official from the Vatican's Secretariat of State has dismissed wide-ranging speculation about the reforms Pope Francis will make as “absolutely premature.” “The Pope …

pope-francis_2542431b (ABC News) A top Vatican official sought Tuesday to temper expectations of an imminent reform of the Holy See's dysfunctional bureaucracy, even though Pope Francis has made clear it's a key …

A top Vatican official sought Tuesday to temper expectations of an imminent reform of the Holy See's dysfunctional bureaucracy, even though Pope Francis has made clear it's a key priority. Monsignor Angelo Becciu, under-secretary of the Vatican …

Cardinals who elected Francis pope in March insisted that fixing the Curia, as the Vatican bureaucracy is known, was a top concern. They want the Vatican, which is known for its slow pace and aloof attitude, to be more efficient and responsive to the …

As the argument goes back and forth whether illegal aliens are being granted amnesty in the immigration reform bill, no one is disputing the fact that employers who gave illegals jobs are going to be given a pass. Washington Times: Employers who have …

Archbishop Quinn said that, similar to the Second Vatican Council, the encyclical was a “revolution”. As he writes in the book, “For the first time it is the Pope himself who raises and legitimises the question of reform and change in the papal office …

Rubio argues that illegal aliens would not be forgiven of past, harmless infractions, but would be required to pay for them. However, a review of the bill shows that the token penalties, when they do exist, are not commensurate with the employment …