The Vatican has announced the election of a new Pope. The 69-year-old American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. He took the name Leo XIV. The BBC reports on the new Pope and how the election took place. The news about the appearance of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church was released on the evening of 8…

Pope Francis has been hospitalized in critical condition in a Rome hospital with a serious respiratory illness, The New York Post reports. In addition, the 88-year-old pontiff is suffering from “early, mild kidney failure.” Describing the “complex” clinical picture, the Vatican said on February 23 that the kidney…

An Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint after his case for canonization was approved by church authorities. Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was good with computers. He used his skills to spread...

Four men who were repeatedly sexually abused by a Roman Catholic religion teacher when they were children have reached a $27,5 million settlement with the Diocese of Brooklyn, the largest settlement ever awarded to victims in ...

Pope Francis has simplified the procedure for annulling a marriage in Catholicism. In the Catholic Church there is no concept of divorce - the marriage relationship ends only with the death of one of the spouses, after which the second can remarry. At the same time, there is a procedure for annulling a marriage, when it is declared invalid due to violations committed during ...