An Italian court has ordered Archbishop Viganò to pay back to his brother more than $2 million, which he had, according to the Italian press, “illegally and illegitimately” taken from him over many years.

America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell has some ideas about the reasons behind the controversial, 11th-hour intervention from Rome at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we devote the entire show to recent developments in the sexual abuse crisis.

As workers were getting St. Peter's Square ready for this year's Nativity scene, nearby a large mobile health care facility was set up and running to serve the city's homeless and poor.

The pope’s decision gives the Maltese archbishop the lead role in the fight against abuse in the church and in the protection of minors.