An Italian judge murdered by the mafia in Sicily takes a step towards sainthood Sunday, almost three decades after being declared a martyr by pope John Paul II. The beatification of Rosario Livatino will take place in the cathedral in Agrigento, the Sicilian town near where he was gunned down aged 38 on September 21, 1990.

Sicilian judge killed by mafia takes step to sainthood

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will head to Europe and meet Pope Francis in the Vatican as the country looks to secure a repayment deal with the International Monetary Fund.

Argentine president to head to Europe as IMF debt weighs heavy

Thirty-four new Swiss Guard recruits were sworn in Thursday at the annual ceremony in the San Damaso courtyard of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace.

New recruits sworn in as Swiss Guards at Vatican

Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops about his intent to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct: He removed the procedural obstacles that had spared them from being prosecuted by the Vatican's criminal tribunal.

Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops

The Belvedere Torso inspired Michelangelo but is often ignored by visitors rushing to the Sistine Chapel, an oversight the Vatican Museums hope to resolve with a new video series launched Tuesday.

Michelangelo's inspiration among Vatican 'secrets' revealed

A group of Roman Catholic Priests have now said that they will continue to bless same-sex couples. Earlier the Vatican said that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are not valid.

Austria's Parish Priests initiative defy Vatican decree

Priests oppose Vatican decree against same-sex unions

A dissident band of Roman Catholic priests leading a disobedience campaign against the Vatican said on Tuesday, they would carry on blessing same-sex couples in defiance of Church orders.

Rebel priests defy Vatican, vow to bless same-sex couples 

The Vatican has forbidden blessings to same-sex relationships. In the latest decree by Pope Francis, the Vatican has said that priest can not bless same-sex unions.

Rome: Vatican says Church cannot bless same-sex unions

The Vatican said on Monday that priests and other Roman Catholic Church ministers cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are "not licit" if carried out.

In setback for gay Catholics, Vatican says church cannot bless same-sex unions

The latest financial row has shaken the Vatican to the core as it's worth 1.8 billion dollars. Allegedly, the amount was transferred from the Vatican to Australia in the last seven years.

Pope comes under scanner as bombshell report claims $1.8 billion transfer that Vatican denies

The Vatican's most powerful office has been stripped of its financial assets after dubious investments squandered millions in church donations. But, the fallout of this scandal is not the only crisis that the Pope must deal with. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Vatican's most powerful office stripped of its financial assets

A scandal has led to a shake-up in the Vatican. The pope has taken a big decision of stripping the Vatican's most powerful office of its financial assets. This has come after dubious investments squandered millions of euros in church donations.

Pope Francis reorganizes Vatican's financial resources amid coronavirus and dubious investments

A day after the Pope addressed a Christmas gathering, two cardinals close to Pope Francis have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, sources from the Vatican revealed on Tuesday.

Two cardinals close to Pope Francis test positive for coronavirus

As the world is battling with a downward spiral in economies, Pope Francis has assured the Vatican employees that their jobs will be safe even during the coronavirus pandemic.

'You will always have your jobs': Pope Francis assure Vatican employees

The Vatican on Monday said that it was ''morally acceptable'' for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used fetal tissue from abortions.

Vatican says it is 'morally acceptable' to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines

Vatican’s space-themed nativity scene confuses some, angers many

China and the Vatican renewed a secretive agreement signed two years ago. It allows both Beijing and the Vatican a say in appointing Bishops in China. The agreement gives Pope a final say in the appointments of the Bishop in China, but Beijing is the one that will have to come up with the choices.

EXCLUSIVE: The Vatican got nothing, while China received everything, says Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen

Pope John Paul II promoted ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2000 despite rumours of his sexual misconduct, a Vatican report found, one of a series of failings by popes and officials who let him rise through the ranks regardless of repeated allegations against him.

Report into disgraced ex U.S. cardinal shows failings by popes

Catholic church in England and Wales had ignored close to 3,000 cases of child sex abuse. In America, the former Archbishop of Washington D.C sexually abused minors and in France, an ambassador of the Vatican molested four men.

How the Vatican protected priests involved in child sex abuse

Luigi Ventura, Vatican's former ambassador to France is set to go on trial for alleged sexual misconduct. Also Read: Vatican, China renew bishop appointment deal for two years The former ambassador to France who goes on trial in Paris is accused of inappropriately touching five men.

Vatican's former France envoy Luigi Ventura on trial for sexual assault

Pope Francis has blunted the powers of the Vatican department involved in a controversial London property deal and ordered all ties cut with a suspect investment fund, his spokesman said Thursday.

Pope halts controversial Vatican investments after London property scandal

Venezuelan forensic experts on Monday (October 26) exhumed the remains of Jose Gregorio Hernandez, whose beatification decree was signed in June by Pope Francis, as part of Roman Catholic protocols to verify the condition of the body and guarantee its preservation.

Venezuela exhumes remains of doctor beatified by Vatican

Pope Francis will have to forego meeting Catholics at the annual Advent and Christmas masses in the Vatican owing to the resurgent coronavirus pandemic, the specialist Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported on Monday.

Pope Francis to celebrate Christmas without congregation: Report 

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