It has come as a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a newlywed couple, with three young children between them, after a new internal bank regulation went into effect barring workplace marriages.

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has determined that “in the event of the transfer of a holy day of obligation, the obligation to attend Mass is not transferred.”

As the United States and China vie for primacy in the field of artificial intelligence, the Vatican today issued a wide-ranging reflection on “the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence.”

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Pope Francis has named Indian Cardinal George J. Koovakad to be the new prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

The Code of Canon Law must more directly address the frequent spiritual manipulation and abuse of office wrought by members of the church to solicit sex, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández said.