The office is one of the most important in the Vatican, overseeing all religious orders under the Catholic church.

Pope Francis broke one of the Vatican’s “stained-glass ceilings” on Monday by appointing an Italian sister as the prefect of ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Pope Francis appointed on Monday an Italian nun as prefect of the Vatican's department responsible for all the Catholic ...

Over 545,000 pilgrims have crossed the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, marking a strong start to Pope Francis's Holy Year ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the ...

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

Pope Francis, the first “pilgrim of hope” to cross the Holy Door’s threshold, inaugurated the 2025 Jubilee Year by opening... Read more Pilgrims who visit Rome during the jubilee, a holy year ...

San Francisco is meeting the Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge to bring the future of shared, electric, connected, and automated vehicles to all San Franciscans. Together we can ...

Popular author and preacher Francis Chan was recently questioned by fellow pastors who are trying to get their heads around Chan's decision to leave his megachurch. "I'll be honest. Everybody thinks ...