Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 19:53
Italian police have recovered part of a religious relic stained with Polish pope John Paul II`s blood that was thrown away by thieves thinking it worthless, the Italian press reported on Saturday.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:04
Pope Francis has looked beyond the usual Vatican circles for new cardinals and overhauled the governance of the Vatican bank at the start of a year that heralds key reforms for the Roman Catholic Church.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 23:24
How can an order of priests go on serving the Catholic Church after revelations that the man who founded it was a fraud? That is the dilemma facing the Legionaries of Christ.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 07:18
Pope Francis considers that the different realities in today`s society, like children living with gay couples, represent a new educational challenge for the Catholic Church, above all when preaching the gospel.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:38
A Roman Catholic church official sentenced to prison for his handling of priest-abuse cases had his conviction overturned, and may soon be back before a judge for bail.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 09:05
Francis delivered a short homily that was as simple as his white vestments: Man can choose between darkness and light.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 22:43
A 51-year-old man who set himself alight in St Peter`s Square in Vatican City earlier this week died of his injuries in hospital on Sunday, local media said.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 17:41
Angels exist but do not have wings and are more like shards of light, at least according to a top Catholic Church "angelologist" who says the heavenly beings are now back in vogue thanks to New Age religions.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:49
Pope Francis, named "Person of the Year" last week by TIME magazine, has been accorded the distinction once again. This time it`s a leading lifestyle magazine which actively promotes gay rights.
Pope Francis has turned around the way the Catholic Church is seen but his promise of Vatican reform awaits next year, observers said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 16:19
Pope Francis said he knew a lot of "good" Marxists but was no communist himself, following criticism of his diatribes against unfettered capitalism from conservative commentators in the United States.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 18:53
Nelson Mandela once again united South Africans on Sunday as people irrespective of their colour and creed flocked into churches, mosques and temples to mark a `Day of prayers` for the anti-apartheid icon.
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