AdealbetweenChinaandtheVaticancouldbesignedasearlyastheendofthismonth,aChinesebishopsaidWednesday.Negotiationshavereached"thefinalstages,"saidBishopGuoJincai,se
TheVaticanwilllendaround40ecclesiasticalworkstotheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYorkforanexhibitionfocusingontheCatholicreligion'simpactonfashion,organiserssaidon
Pope Francis "loves China" and the Vatican hopes China has a great future, a Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday cited a visiting Vatican official as saying, in an expression of goodwill despite strained relations between the two.
PopeFrancis"lovesChina"andtheVaticanhopesChinahasagreatfuture,aChinesestate-runnewspaperonFridaycitedavisitingVaticanofficialassaying,inanexpressionofgoodwillde
CardinalGeorgePell,atopadvisertoPopeFrancis,saidonThursdayhewasinnocentofchargesofsexualabuseinhisnativeAustralia,andthatthepontiffhadgivenhimleaveofabsencetore
Religious affairs official says dialogue can lessen divisions, but certain conditions must be met
Pope Francis has hosted Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Vatican as the two work towards warming long-strained ties, a press release from the Holy See said.
After decades of waiting and negotiations, a top Roman Catholic Church leader has publicly announced that the long-running Sino-Vatican dialogue has finally made some progress on critical issues that have held ties back.
French President Francois Hollande will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday (Aug 16) to discuss the aftermath of the murder of a French priest, Mr Hollande's office said.
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is planning to visit the Vatican to make a personal apology to the pope for calling him a "son of a whore", the politician's spokesman said on Thursday (May 12).
Australian victims of child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church returned home on Sunday (March 7) disappointed they did not meet Pope Francis and angry with the evidence a senior Vatican official gave to an inquiry investigating the abuse.
Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 77, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected the new pope on Wednesday on the second day of secrete ballots in the cardinals' conclave held in Vatican City.
Pope Benedict XVI is preparing to step down on Feb. 28, and then he'll stay in a monastery within the walls of the Vatican. Local media had said he's going to receive a pension of 2,500 euros a month. It would be enough for him, as he will not have to pay rent to live in the monastery and he will have all the expenses paid by Vatican.
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