Italy

The centuries' old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter's Square will now live, perhaps to see another century.

What does the election of hard-right Giogia Meloni mean for an alliance with right-wing governments in Hungary and Poland? Or with a U.S. led in the again by Donald Trump or a Trump wannabe?

For the past week outside of Rome, some 30 theologians, pastoral workers and bishops have been gathering in order to draft the working document of the next phase of Pope Francis' revamped global synod process.

David Kertzer plumbs Vatican archives for evidence of Pius XII's moral failures, including public silence on Nazi atrocities and destruction of files on clerics accused of sex abuse.

A recent conference on Pope Francis' 2016 Amoris Laetitia illustrated the stark contrast between countries with episcopal conferences more inclined to support Francis and those skeptical of his reforms.

The Vatican is placing the Laudato Si' Action Platform front and center during Laudato Si' Week 2022, with the hope that a week highlighting the initiative will inspire more Catholics and church institutions to sign up.

The pope met in the Paul VI audience hall April 8 with members of the high council, which regulates Italy's ordinary justice system, seeking to ensure the autonomy and independence of criminal and civil judges.

"It is necessary, then, to change approach and admit the urgency of building a 'we' that lives in the common home" of creation, said the interim president of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in a talk at the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome March 30.