The Vatican released the new Statistical Yearbook of the Church last week for 2023, and it shows some favorable numbers while also pointing to some disappointments.

At the end of 2023, the number of Catholics in the world reached 1.405 billion, up 1.15% from 1.389 billion Catholics at the ...

Pope Francis is showing "slight improvements" as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said Friday, ...

The International Theological Commission has published “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior: The 1,700th Anniversary of the ...

The April 1–2 conference in Rome brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to the Pontifical ...

A chest X-ray has confirmed a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’s lungs as he recovers from five weeks in hospital with ...

His return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, ...

Catholics and others worldwide have been praying for his speedy recovery VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is to leave hospital on ...

New Vatican data show an increase in global Catholic population by 1.15 percent to 1.406 billion between 2022 and 2023. However, there was a decrease in the number of priests equivalent to negative 0.

Hallelujah!” That’s what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital after more than a month fighting ...

A chest X-ray has confirmed a "slight improvement" in Pope Francis's lungs as he recovers from five weeks in hospital with ...

(photo: Kristina Millare/CNA) Kristina Millare/CNA Vatican April 2 ... The April 1-2 conference in Rome brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to the Pontifical ...