The former conference president Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admitted he behaved in a “reprehensible way with a 14-year-old girl” 35 years ago. Here’s where his case stands at the Vatican.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle

A new true-crime documentary series on Netflix, “Vatican Girl,” tells the story of the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who is still the only Vatican citizen considered missing.

For our latest "Inside the Vatican" deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod.

In an exclusive interview, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses his diplomatic work with the Vatican—including on the war in Ukraine—with America associate editor Colleen Dulle.

A Reflection for the Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels, by Colleen Dulle

A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle

Vatican diplomacy has as its primary goal peace through dialogue, which runs counter to the complex dance of pressures and negotiations that nation-states use to jockey for power on the global stage.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle

A Reflection for the Seventeenth Thursday in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle