Not long after I arrived in town as the National Catholic Reporter's Vatican correspondent, I attended a farewell dinner for a Roman Curia official who had served here for almost a decade. It was the ...

Strong departments of justice and finance are essential if the Vatican is going to operate effectively and efficiently ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday, in a ceremonial step to formalizing his role as bishop of Rome. The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. On his way to the St. John ...

“Popes come and go, the Curia remains,” Pope Leo XIV said this morning as he greeted some 5,000 managers and employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of the Vatican City State and the Vicariate ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

The Vatican exists as a country because the Catholic Church is powerful enough that Italy could not erase it without triggering global backlash. After Italy conquered Rome in 1870, the Popes refused ...

Pope Leo XIV sits with Elise Allen, senior correspondent at Crux, for an interview at the pope’s residence inside the Vatican’s Palazzo Sant’Uffizio July 30, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Crux Pope ...

July 6 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV, 69, started a six-week long vacation at the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo Sunday, getting out of the Roman summer heat and seeking the cooler temperatures outside of ...