Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...

Sadly, we begin this year as the world finds itself rent by numerous conflicts, large and small, more or less known,...(Fonte ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

The historic nature of Brambilla’s appointment was confirmed by Vatican Media, which headlined its report “Sister Simona ...

Pope Francis has made history by naming an Italian nun as the first woman to head a prominent Vatican department.

Amid raging wildfires in the Los Angeles area, B.C.-based Coulson Aviation has sent crews and equipment to help. The ...