Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has offered a positive assessment of his nearly seven year-long tenure as Vatican Secretary of State, which... Read more
Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the new Vatican Secretary of State, is being praised by a Venezuelan cardinal as a “messenger of... Read more
Pope Francis made a key appointment at the Vatican today, naming 58-year-old Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin as his new Secretary... Read more
Just one month after their request, Pope Francis has scheduled a private audience with the college of writers from La... Read more
Pope Francis warned priests studying to serve in the papal diplomatic corps and the Vatican’s Secretariat of State not to... Read more
The last month of papal transition meant that the employees of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State worked long hours, so... Read more
A top official who works at the Secretariat of State says Pope Francis is thinking about streamlining his department by... Read more
“The election of Pope Francis marked a change in the newspapers headlines regarding the Church,” according to Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri,... Read more
The Vatican court said in a detailed sentence issued Dec. 1 that the testimony given by the computer technician Claudio... Read more
Despite his lawyer’s appeal to drop the case on the opening morning of hearings, a Vatican judge ruled that the... Read more
The two men charged in the “Vatileaks” case will go to trial Sept. 29, according to a communique released Sept.... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI's personal assistant Paolo Gabriele has been charged with theft amid suspicion that he leaked confidential papal documents... Read more
The special Commission of Cardinals established by Pope Benedict XVI to investigate the leak of confidential Vatican documents is on... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI told the Vatican’s diplomatic school that “faithfulness” is a key virtue for anybody working in the service... Read more
The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, believes the continued leaking of confidential papal information to the media is... Read more