ROME — The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting underway, with the apparent leak of Vatican ...

Vatican City, Jul 3, 2025 / 12:18 pm The Vatican on Thursday presented new Mass prayers and biblical readings to be used to support the Church’s appreciation for God’s creation. The “Mass ...

A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online this week by a Vatican reporter.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online this week by a Vatican reporter.

Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision to crack ...

The Vatican is standing up for science and standing against political efforts to undercut it.

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) announced today that Justin McLellan will join the organization as Vatican correspondent, effective July 14, 2025.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Warning of “irreversible impacts” if the world stays on its current course, three influential cardinals from the Global South presented a document at the Vatican on ...

Vatican exhibits Raphael’s legacy with the reopening of the Hall of Constantine After a decade of painstaking restoration, the imposing Hall of Constantine in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, which ...