While the world still obsesses over American popular culture, speaks American English and is reshaped by American wars, it is necessary to care about the American elections. They are, admittedly, hard to watch: a “Simpsons parody of a Bosch painting”, as Christopher Altieri puts it on page 18. For many voters, not unreasonably, the most

Vatican deficit smaller than last year, while struggles continue to implement reform, achieve transparency

Catholic Church officials in Russia have criticised planned religious law changes that will require all clergy who studied abroad to retrain in a Russian college

The tomb of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, has been opened for veneration before his beatification in Assisi

Pompeo discussed China with Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Gallagher on Thursday

Intolerant political correctness is hindering religious freedom in the West, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said.

The Vatican has sought to downplay the controversy over the denial of a papal audience to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

"This movement is not over. Our work and victories have just begun."

In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, the world must aspire to be better and not return to its previous "sickened" normality, Pope Francis said