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

While the requirement for celibacy remains for all priests, the newly approved guidelines encourage churches to view ...

Homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they “support the so-called gay culture”, according ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to travel to Italy in the spring, and during a visit to Rome they will meet Pope ...

The Vatican passed a new ruling allowing priesthood applicants in Italy to be gay—as long as they remain celibate. The New ...

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Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in ...

Pope Francis's pick as the archbishop of Washington, D.C., has made headlines over the years with his views on abortion, LGBT ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines that allow gay men to become priests as long as they abstain from sex ...

He had a reformist mindset... Pell would look around and think, well, what is to be done? What can we do?” Tess Livingstone ...

By choosing Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, the pope is sending a message to the incoming ...

The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain ...