A future Vatican document will address questions surrounding the possibility of women serving as deacons in the Catholic Church, according to one of several interim reports released Nov. 17 by the Vatican's synod office.

The Vatican has gifted more than 60 First Nations, Métis and Inuit artifacts to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as an act of reconciliation for harms committed to Indigenous peoples by the church.

The items’ return began as part of a process in which Pope Francis apologized to Indigenous people in 2022 for the church’s role in running residential schools.

Some places naturally invite curiosity, and the Vatican Archives are one of them. Beneath Vatican City sits a vast collection of documents that track centuries of political, religious, and cultural history.

Jesus may answer prayers but he has not made special appearances in a small town in the north of France, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a new instruction approved by Pope Leo, the Vatican's top doctrinal office said stories of appearances by Jesus in the town of Dozule,

Santo Subito!” will follow Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest asked by the Vatican to serve as the “devil’s advocate” in the investigation of Pope John Paul II’s life.

Miravalle said he thinks the doctrinal note will likely 'galvanize the movement' for declaring a fifth Marian dogma.

A married couple fired from the Vatican bank for violating a new rule against workplace marriages has been rehired in a settlement.