Pope Francis prays in front of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima during a Marian vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Oct. 12, 2013, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN ...

The Vatican on Thursday issued a statement acknowledging that spiritual "fruits" had come from the site of controversial purported apparitions of the Virgin Mary — while also stopping short of saying ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, who had served as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2017, as bishop of the Diocese of Reggio ...

Cardinal Víctor Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will lead a press conference on the “spiritual experience” of Medjugorje this Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Vatican. The ...

With the appointment of two secretaries at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the confirmation of new leaders at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican press office announced that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith’s declaration on human dignity, said to include a faith-based critique of “gender ideologies” and ...

The Vatican is set to hold a press conference announcing updated church doctrines on “apparitions and other supernatural phenomena” on Friday. Notice of the press conference, which will be held in the ...

The Holy See's pronouncement on the alleged Marian apparitions of Medjugorje will be made known next Thursday, September 19. At 11.30 am, in the Holy See Press Office, a press conference will take ...

ROME – Responding to criticism that he failed to show up for a discussion on Friday for members of the Synod of Bishops that was to include the question of female deacons, the Vatican’s doctrinal czar ...