MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The Mexican bishops' conference and the Vatican have confirmed Pope Francis will visit Mexico in 2016, marking his first trip to this heavily Catholic country in throes of unrest over unresolved issues such as violence, crime and …
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Saturday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world's bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families.
As the three-week synod opens today, the Vatican is hoping to put behind it several PR disasters of the past week, including the revelation the Pope met with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, which the Vatican initially refused to …
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Catholics should stop using condescending language such as "pity" towards homosexuals and find ways to welcome them as sons and daughters of the Church, bishops have told a major gathering on the family. The comments …
The Vatican is seeking to distance Pope Francis from Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis after his visit with her last week in the U.S..
Pope Francis may be the most “liberal” Pope there ever was, but the Vatican still isn't. The Polish Monsignor Krysztof Olaf Charamsa held a press conference on Saturday in Rome, calling on Pope Francis to revise the …
The Vatican is reacting to a high-ranking priest's announcement that he is gay and in a relationship, by firing him for the timing of his announcement. Change the conversation, change the world. Share this. In a YouTube video …
The Vatican took action after Krzysztof Charamsa, a mid-level official in its doctrine office, came out saying he was proud to be a gay priest.
Msgr. Krzysztof Charamsa smiles as he leaves a news conference he called Oct. 3 to announce he is gay and has a partner. The Vatican spokesman said, given Msgr. Charamsa's public announcement, it would be impossible for the monsignor to continue …
On Oct. 14 the Vatican side faces Caacupe de la Villa, a cricket club from a impoverished area of the pontiff's home city of Buenos Aires. As noted by the Rev. Eamonn O'Higgins, the chaplain of the St. Peter's team, the Argentines remember their former …