The Vatican has rejected the second appeal by Sister Lucy Kalappura — one of the nuns who protested against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal — against her expulsion from Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC).

Vatican rejects second appeal of Kerala nun Sister Lucy Kalappura against her expulsion from congregation

Pope Francis will make an official trip to Malta on May 31, the Vatican said Monday, bringing the pontiff to one of the top disembarkation spots for migrants fleeing Libya.

Pope Francis to visit Malta in May

Ten years after the Vatican took it over, the Legion of Christ religious order is in crisis again. This religious order in Mexico founded in 1941 was once powerful influential.

Sex scandal shocks Mexico: The Vatican must probe cover-up of child sexual abuse

Pope Francis appointed a new ambassador to France on Saturday, following the resignation of an archbishop who has been questioned by police on sexual assault claims.

Pope appoints new envoy to France after abuse claims

Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year, denounced on Wednesday (January 1) the use and abuse of women in modern society, and called for an end to the exploitation of the female body.

In New Year message, pope decries violence against women

Pope Francis on Tuesday made headlines when he was caught on camera pulling away from a woman who was part of a crowd at St Peter's Square. While walking through St Peter's Square in the Vatican City, Pope met and greeted people and pilgrims on the sideways when he was abruptly pulled by a woman.

Watch: Furious Pope Francis frees himself from woman's grasp after being pulled abruptly

Pope Francis turned 83 on Tuesday (December 17) but he celebrated his birthday five days later with a group of sick children from the "Santa Marta" Paediatric Dispensary.

Pope celebrates birthday with sick children

The Vatican in a statement said today that testimony and documents related to cases of sexual abuse kept in Vatican Dicastery archives will now be handed over to authorities internationally.

Pope Francis lifts pontifical secrecy in child sex abuse cases: Vatican

Reports Show That Only A Tiny Fraction Of Donations Made To The Vatican Church Actually Reaches The Poor?

Gravitas: Is Vatican diverting (misusing) funds meant for the poor?

The Vatican spoke out on Wednesday against the United States' decision to no longer consider Israeli settlements illegal, joining stiff international criticism of the policy reversal.

Vatican criticises US policy shift on Israeli settlements

The Vatican's top financial investigator charged with investigating money laundering and other such crimes has left his post after the non-renewal of his contract, the Holy See said on Monday.

Vatican: Top anti-money laundering official leaves post

A Kerala nun has approached the Vatican, the highest seat in the Roman Catholic church hierarchy, against her dismissal from her congregation. Sister Lucy Kalappura, one of the nuns who protested against the rape-accused bishop, Franco Mulakkal last year, has written to Congregation of Oriental Churches in the Vatican against her dismissal from Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) and seeks to present her case before Pope Francis "I will be granted an opportunity to present my case to Pope Francis.

Expelled Kerala nun writes to Vatican against dismissal from congregation

An assembly of Roman Catholic bishops from the Amazon on Saturday proposed that married men in the remote area be allowed to be ordained priests, which could lead to a landmark change in the Church's centuries-old discipline of celibacy.

Vatican synod proposes ordaining married men as priests in the Amazon

Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful flocked to a football stadium in Brazil Sunday to celebrate the Vatican's canonization into sainthood of Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, dubbed the "mother of the poor.

Thousands of Catholic faithful in Brazil celebrate first female saint

Pope Francis will canonise five new saints on Sunday, including Sister Mariam Thresia from Kerala, India. Minister of state for external affairs, V Muraleedharan, who himself is from the southern Indian state of Kerala, will be representing India during the ceremony.

Indian nun Mariam Thresia to be declared a saint today at the Vatican

Prosecutors have urged Australia's High Court to refuse to hear a final appeal by former Vatican treasurer George Pell against his convictions for sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys in the late 1990s.

Australian prosecutors argue no grounds for ex-Vatican treasurer's final sex crimes appeal

Pope Francis will gather Catholic bishops at the Vatican Sunday to champion the isolated and poverty-struck indigenous communities of the Amazon, whose way of life is under threat.

Vatican to shine light on Amazon's indigenous communities

Pope Francis installed new cardinals on Saturday, putting his stamp on the future of the Roman Catholic Church with men who share his vision for social justice, the rights of immigrants and dialogue with Islam.

Pope installs new cardinals, puts another stamp on Church future

Pope Francis will travel to Thailand in November, the Vatican said Friday, in a visit to Asia that will sweep in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which were both decimated by atomic bombs in 1945.

Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in November

Jude Law brought the follow-up to "The Young Pope" to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, presenting a glimpse of his return in the Paolo Sorrentino-directed papal drama, which at one point sees him wearing just "a napkin".

"The Young Pope" at Venice Film Festival

Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters.

Pope stuck in elevator for 25 minutes, freed by fire brigade

A Chinese Catholic bishop has been ordained with the joint approval of the Pope and Beijing for the first time under an agreement intended to encourage a rapprochement between China and the Holy See.

First bishop ordained in China under Vatican deal

The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed Catholic teaching that priests cannot reveal what they learn in confession, in an apparent response to moves in Australia and elsewhere to force them to do so in cases of sexual abuse.

Vatican says laws cannot force priests to break seal of confession

A Vatican document on Monday said the Church should consider ordaining older married men as priests in remote areas of the Amazon, a historic shift which some say could pave the way for their use in other areas where clergy are scarce.

In historic shift, Vatican to consider married priests for Amazon region

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