A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top ... The Code of Canon Law, the law that regulates the Catholic Church, establishes in canon 1210 that ...

Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica ... CNN has asked the Vatican for comment. The incident takes place during the Catholic Church’s jubilee year, with 32 million pilgrims ...

In light of this, the cardinal considered that 'the two extreme positions are so close, precisely because they do not interpret Vatican II within the general tradition of the Church.' Cardinal ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

This appointment follows others the pontiff has made to increase the profile of women in leadership positions in the Catholic Church ... of Cardinal Peter Turkson. Since 2016 the Vatican Museums ...

On Sunday, Feb. 9, the pontiff is scheduled to preside over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square for ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla of England will make their first official visit to the Vatican in April ... when Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and declared himself head ...

The Vatican document says that concern about the ethical implications of AI is shared by scientists and others beyond church circles, particularly given its power to “shape the world and engage ...