Pope Francis Thursday marked the Marian solemnity of the Immaculate Conception by praying for the “martyred” people of Ukraine and urging faithful to invoke the Virgin Mary in praying for peace.

On Wednesday the mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv met Pope Francis along with a delegation from what is quickly becoming the country’s largest hospital and rehab facility for people...

Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, a world-famous artist whose murals adorn the walls of churches and chapels throughout the Vatican and beyond, has been accused of sexual misconduct with nuns and has...

After complaints from the Vatican that Beijing is violating a 2018 interim accord, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the country is willing to expand the “friendly consensus” achieved with...

“Dialogue is the way of the best diplomacy,” Pope Francis said, and when it comes to China, “I have opted for the way of dialogue. It is slow, it has its failures, it has its successes, but I cannot...

On Saturday the Vatican called out Chinese authorities for violating the terms of their controversial deal on episcopal appointments by installing a bishop in a diocese that is not recognized by Rome.