Italian Lucetta Scaraffia is a bit of a troublemaker in the Vatican these days. She discusses women in the Church.

Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican's new editorial director, says the pope's summit on clerical sexual abuse is not a meeting of experts or technicians, but of pastors.

Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his "torn clothes (and) dirty feet," Jesus is present in the migrants and refugees who seek safety and a dignified life in a new land, Pope...

An Italian clerical sexual abuse survivor gained access to the Vatican after chaining himself to its entrance.

The sacred liturgy is meant to help the people of God conform their heart, mind and actions more closely to Christ, Pope Francis said.