AMMAN - Pope Francis has appointed Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin as a papal envoy to inaugurate the ...

Credit rating agency Moody's announced on Saturday that it was cutting France's rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" with a stable ...

ALBAWABA - The Vatican and Pope Francis approved a document allowing transgender people to be baptized in the Catholic Church, causing an uproar on social media platforms as people were not ...

Card Pietro Parolin will preside over the solemn ceremony as papal legate on 10 January. The structure stands on land in the ...

Francis used a shell-shaped container to pour baptismal water over the head of each baby, and pronounced each child's name. As he has before at baptism ceremonies, Francis kept his homily brief.

Credit rating agency Moody's announced on Saturday that it was cutting France's rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" with a stable outlook, citing concerns over "political fragmentation." Traders have ...

The Church's doctrinal office also said trans people could be godparents at a baptism and witnesses at a wedding. The move follows attempts by Pope Francis to make the Church more welcoming to ...

31 by Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández ... In the Catholic Church, baptism is administered — mostly to young children — to cleanse residual sin and initiate people into ...