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Faith

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, appointed prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Francis July 1, 2023, is pictured in this file photo at a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2015.

Doctrine chief says his book on sexuality not something he'd write today

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The Vatican's doctrine chief said the sometimes-graphic book on sexuality and spirituality that he published 25 years ago is "a book of my youth that I certainly would not write now."

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured speaking during a news conference at the Vatican in this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo.

Vatican doctrine official says priestly celibacy should be optional

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The Catholic Church should revise its celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests, a senior official in the Vatican's doctrinal office said.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, center, presides over the Eucharist during a memorial Mass on the first anniversary of the late pope's death at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2023. Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, is at the left, and Cardinal Gerhard Muller, former prefect of the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is on the right.

Late Pope Benedict remembered on first anniversary of his death

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As an expression of ongoing affection and gratitude for the late Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis led tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in a round of applause for his predecessor on the first anniversary of his death.

Pope Benedict XVI is pictured during Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York in this April 20, 2008 file photo. The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late pope at private Sunday Masses -- 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to members of his household once he retired.

Vatican to publish 'private' homilies of late Pope Benedict

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The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late Pope Benedict XVI at private Sunday Masses -- 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to members of his household once he retired.

Pope Francis shares a laugh with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, right, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Msgr. Armando Matteo, secretary of the dicastery's doctrinal section, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 18, 2023.

Doctrinal dicastery explains how, when gay couples can be blessed

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A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Catholic Church is blessing the union as if it were a marriage, the Vatican doctrinal office said.

Venerando Marano and Giuseppe Pignatone, judges of the Vatican City State court, prepare to read their verdict in the trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others on charges of financial malfeasance Dec. 16, 2023, in a makeshift courtroom at the Vatican Museums.

Cardinal Becciu, five others sentenced to prison at Vatican trial

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The Vatican City State criminal court sentenced Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison on two counts of embezzlement and one of aggravated fraud but found him not guilty of abuse of office or witness tampering.

Pope Francis and leaders of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops applaud at the conclusion of the gathering's last working session Oct. 28, 2023, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Synod council to ask Pope Francis to authorize studies on key synod topics

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The council of the Synod of Bishops will ask Pope Francis to authorize studies on the need to update canon law, revise the rules for priestly formation, deepen a theological reflection on the diaconate -- including the possibility of ordaining women deacons -- and consider revising a document that provides norms for the relationship of a bishop with members of religious orders in his diocese.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is pictured after receiving Communion during the funeral Mass for Australian Cardinal George Pell in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2023.

Pope Francis planning to withdraw Cardinal Burke's Vatican salary, sources say

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Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke a monthly salary and questioned why the Vatican should be providing him with a free apartment in Rome, various sources have confirmed.

Pope Francis gives his blessing to people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican and watching a livestream of the midday Angelus prayer Nov. 26, 2023. The pope did not go to his window overlooking the square because, he said, he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs."

For health reasons, Pope Francis cancels COP28 trip

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"With great regret," Pope Francis has accepted his doctors' advice to not travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 1-3 and is looking at alternative ways the Vatican can participate in the U.N. Climate Change Conference, the director of the Vatican press office said.

Pope Francis gives his blessing to people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican and watching a livestream of the midday Angelus prayer Nov. 26, 2023. The pope did not go to his window overlooking the square because, he said, he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs."

Pope Francis leads Angelus from his residence because of illness

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Explaining that he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs," Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer from the chapel of his residence rather than from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square.

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics and co-chair of the Synodal Path, and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, attend the fifth synodal assembly in Frankfurt March 9, 2023.

Pope Francis sees threat of church in Germany moving away from Rome

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Pope Francis expressed his concern about concrete initiatives individual dioceses and the Catholic Church in Germany as a whole are taking, including the establishment of a synodal council, which, he said, threaten to steer it away from the universal church.

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