...actually, and when you read The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis, you'll...1980s, when he started covering the Vatican for Catholic News Service, Thavis quickly learned something surprising: Vatican "secrets" aren't secret at all...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed...some of the Old Testament readings.The Vatican has said these provisions were in keeping...occasion would call for it, though the Vatican has said he has done so to avoid discriminating...

...Ireland's Catholics are demanding that the Vatican finally come clean on its oversight role...Minister Enda Kenny, who denounced the Vatican's role in the past 17 years of abuse...Ireland's historic deference to the Vatican, and to the Catholic Church generally...

VATICAN CITY - Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope...solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty of Vatican pageantry. And on Monday, the Vatican announced that the leader of the world's billion Roman Catholics...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders...Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, head of the Vatican's communications office, cited a 2012...portal www.news.va that gathers all Vatican information in one place.But the digital...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI announced today...his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning. He emphasized...church."The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope...

VATICAN CITY - Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was...plans to see him in the coming days, the Vatican said."Brothers and sisters, good evening...officially aspope on Tuesday, according to the Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign Feb. 28, the...85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals Monday morning. He said that because of his advanced age and...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. Here is the text...

VATICAN CITY -- The Sistine Chapel is now online. The Vatican put its enormous art collection on the Web on Tuesday, launching a new site for the Vatican Museums that it hopes will attract more tourists while...