Vatican

The world’s major faiths face a test, and some religious leaders are failing by endangering human lives in the name of adhering to tradition—and ushering in a new age of secularism in the process.

Italian Catholics are deeply divided between traditionalists and supporters of Pope Francis’s liberal vision. Matteo Salvini is seeking to give the Vatican’s detractors a new political home.

Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, is publicly attacking the pope in a battle for the country’s soul.

A transcript of the pontiff’s remarks in Romania.

In capitulating on the issue of bishop appointments, the Vatican would lose a 1,000-year struggle.

The Vatican’s diplomacy with China, and other authoritarian governments, is based on a century-old fantasy of its worldly power.

Reagan intervened to rescue Poland from authoritarianism. Trump should do the same thing.

The pontiff rejected a French ambassador just because he was gay; surely, he should reject Trump's pick for her sins.

Not the traditional first foray for a new president.

The Vatican is one of Taipei's few remaining political allies, but the Holy Father's desire to deal with the mainland may end that.

Is Donald Trump 2016's Pope Alexander VI?

In unscripted moment at the Vatican, the U.S. veep seeks absolution not for betting on cars, but for losing.

By giving the laity more authority over issues of family life, Pope Francis is embracing a risky strategy for reform.

The “People’s Pope” is not trying to build an inclusive Catholic Church. He’s ruthlessly making it liberal.

Pope Francis placed flowers at the foot of a cross at the U.S./Mexico border to honor those who died trying to cross it.

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill are set to bridge a 1,000-year gulf.

All things bright and beautiful, the Vatican displayed them all during a St. Peter's Square light show to start the Catholic Jubilee.

Pope Francis secretly met with Kim Davis, one of the most outspoken opponents of gay marriage.