VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 25-meter (82-foot) Christmas tree that towers ...

A high-level Vatican commission voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, maintaining the global Church's ...

The 82-foot spruce tree standing in Saint Peter's Square, alongside a life-sized nativity scene, is now sparkling with lights ...

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families. The Vatican ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a forceful call against ...

The Vatican officially marked the beginning of the Christmas season on Monday with the unveiling of its traditional Nativity ...

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other ...

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons. The Vatican on Thursday took ...

As Dec. 12 approaches, millions of pilgrims are converging on the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most visited ...

Some say that every Dec. 12, all roads in Mexico lead to the enormous circular Roman Catholic church where the faithful come ...