Radicondoli, a small medieval town in the hills of Tuscany, is giving out financial incentives to ease the cost of living and ...

COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.

Using a consistent set of indicators important to people of all ages, including older adults, the index “creates a fair ...

GENEVA - Four extraordinary individuals and a front-line national organization, who have demonstrated inspirational courage ...

Vatican II closed 60 years ago this week. One of its final documents, “Gaudium et Spes,” has also proved to be perhaps its ...

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization released its 14th annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the only ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday doubled down on the value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman, responding to concerns raised by African bishops about the practice of polygamy in ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration. US ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV has changed a Vatican law to now allow women and non-cardinals to lead the Vatican City administration after Pope Francis first appointed a woman for the position in ...

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Friday with a group of Ukrainians who are working to help return more than 19,000 children abducted by Russian forces during the war.

In an annual ranking of U.S. cities that demonstrates how well they support LGBTQ people who live and work in them, Orlando has, for the 12th year in a row, scored a perfect 100%. The Human Rights ...