The "note of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the importance of the internal forum and the inviolability of the sacramental seal" was approved by Pope Francis June 21 and published by the Vatican July 1.

A columnist for Corriere della Sera has published a new report on a meeting that he had with Benedict XVI in the Vatican gardens.

The Holy See also calls on the Chinese authorities to refrain from using “intimidatory pressures” on the members of the underground church communities.

This week on "Inside the Vatican," we talk about some of the stories we’ll be keeping our eyes on over the next few months.

The official told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press "share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it."