Italian police find John Paul II relic discarded by thieves

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.

Pope looks beyond Vatican as reforms take shape

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.

US church official seeks bail; conviction quashed

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.

Vatican representative visits Kandhamal

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 23:17

Vatican representative Salvatore Pennacchio, who will attend the 75th anniversary of a restored Roman Catholic church damaged in riots in Kandhamal, visited the district on Thursday.

Diplomat replaces scandal-hit cardinal for top Vatican post

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 18:52

The Vatican began a new chapter on Tuesday with scandal-hit cardinal Tarcisio Bertone stepping down as right-hand man to Pope Francis and replaced by veteran diplomat Pietro Parolin.

Church too much obsessed with gays, abortion: Pope Francis

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:27

Setting the tone for his papacy, Pope Francis has warned that the Catholic Church’s moral edifice “will fall like a pack of cards” if care is not taken to balance its divisive rules on gays, abortion and contraception with the need to emerge as merciful and more welcoming place for all.

Pope seeks to align Church hierarchy with the pews

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 14:07

Some say his trip last week to Brazil, capped by a Mass for 3 million on Copacabana Beach, and the 80-minute, unfiltered news conference on the plane back to Rome, were the real start of Pope Francis`s pontificate.

Pigs` heads left outside Islamic school, Catholic church in Sydney

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:27

An Islamic school and a Catholic church in western Sydney have been attacked with pigs` heads.

Ex-UK Catholic leader Keith O’Brien admits, apologizes for ‘sexual misconduct’

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 10:41

Britain’s most senior cardinal, who was forced to resign last week, has apologized and admitted that he was guilty of sexual misconduct throughout his career in the Roman Catholic church.

Pope’s former butler trial adjourned for next Tuesday

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 14:11

The trial of Pope Benedict`s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, started on Saturday, which is one of the most embarrassing episodes in recent Vatican history.

Goa`s crusading church NGO website hacked

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 12:16

A website of a Roman Catholic Church-run NGO has been hacked by unidentified people for the third time in recent years, said a church official Friday.

Dialogue with Roman catholic church to resume on Oct 4 next

Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2012, 16:44

Talks between the Roman Catholic Church and Assyrian Church of the East (ACoE) on ironing out their differences and a possible merger would resume on October 4 at the Vatican.