Papal authority has expanded dramatically over the last 150 years. But our age has seen something new—informal papal teachings meant as pastoral encouragements more than doctrinal clarifications.

A Vatican priest working in the Holy See's embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. officials flagged possible violations of child pornography laws.

"Magnum Principium," the new apostolic letter released motu proprio by Pope Francis, is returning authority to regional bishops' conferences in matters of liturgical translation. But why and how?

Proponents say the program will help to provide scholarships for 6,000 to 10,000 students in religious and other private schools statewide.

The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.

Overshadowed in his lifetime, Pope Benedict provided lessons for the world’s peoples and policymakers, then and now.

Is it possible to seek total global pop domination and to remain somehow soulful, sane and socially righteous?

The archbishop of Milan leads a very large church with ancient traditions and heroes.

"Joaquin Navarro embodied what Ernest Hemingway defined as courage: grace under pressure."

This appointment ensures that the C.D.F. is rowing with and not against the pope on key issues, including the interpretation of “Amoris Laetitia,” synodality and cooperation with the commission for the protection of minors.