Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement. It noted that Francis had named him bishop on Dec. 6. On Monday, the Vatican ...

ROME--The Vatican on Tuesday answered its critics and defended its pursuit of an extended agreement with China on bishop nominations, acknowledging difficulties but insisting the effort had ...

Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...

Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey are all members of the G-20 with a track record of seeking to ...

Nuns at an Arlington-based monastery have accused Bishop Michael Olson of "an ugly attempt to seize control of our governance ...

The Vatican's recent document on human dignity shows that the Catholic Church transcends secular ideas of "left" and "right," America's most popular bishop says. Bishop Robert Barron of the ...

"We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals," the nuns wrote in a four-page response to the decree posted ...

As the Vatican tries to settle a chaotic yearlong dispute between a Carmelite monastery and Diocese of Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson, the nuns at the center of the controversy announced they ...

where members sued Bishop Michael Olson after he accused the reverend mother of violating her vow of chastity, according to a decree from the Vatican. “In light of this decision, I consider my ...

In the Vatican’s letter to the monastery about the transfer of governing authority, the Church has ordered the nuns to “withdraw and rescind your declaration” challenging the bishop’s ...

Arlington nuns at the center of a vicious dispute with the Fort Worth bishop have rejected a Vatican decree to place them under new authority, saying it amounts to a hostile takeover. In a ...

The Vatican announced on Saturday that the priest ordained in the Philippines and incardinated into the Sacramento Diocese in ...