Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

On Jan. 10, 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.

A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...

The Vatican passed a new ruling allowing priesthood applicants in Italy to be gay—as long as they remain celibate. The New ...

While the requirement for celibacy remains for all priests, the newly approved guidelines encourage churches to view ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines that allow gay men to become priests as long as they abstain from sex ...

Cardinal James Michael Harvey opens the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, for the Jubilee, in Rome, ...

Young gay men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay culture" say Vatican ...

COMMENTARY: A president’s choice of farewell is often more about symbolism than substance — a final effort to underscore ...

He had a reformist mindset... Pell would look around and think, well, what is to be done? What can we do?” Tess Livingstone ...