The Vatican houses the central government of ... However, Benedict XVI, Francis' predecessor, did serve as the prefect of the Congregation — now called Dicastery — for the Doctrine of the ...

Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, ...

and finally approved by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome, we are now ready to begin using a new English version of the “Missale Romanum ...

FILE - Pope Francis shares a light moment with "Telefono Amico" support hotline president Dario Briccola during an audience at the Vatican Saturday, March 11, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool ...

He presides over a papal funeral and organizes the conclave to elect a new pope. From 2000-2010, Re was prefect of the Vatican’s congregation for bishops, one of the most powerful and influential ...