Giuseppe Profiti, who was president of Bambino Gesu hospital from 2008 to 2015, and Massimo Spina, the former treasurer, appeared with their lawyers before Vatican magistrates July 18.
Pope Francis has named Italian Auxiliary Bishop Mario Delpini of Milan as the new head of the Archdiocese of Milan, Italy's largest diocese.
Pope Francis has defrocked an Italian priest who was found guilty of child sex abuse, three years after overturning predecessor Benedict XVI’s decision to do the same.
The government of the Central African Republic and 13 of the 14 armed groups in the country signed an accord aimed at ending an ethnic and religious conflict that has killed thousands of people.
Religious and indigenous leaders from 21 countries gathered in Norway June 19 to launch a new initiative aimed at saving the world's tropical rainforests from the impact of deforestation and climate change.
To the vast majority, Pope Francis is the compassionate face of Catholicism today. But there is another streak to the pontiff: A willingness to flex papal muscle and lay down the law.
Pope Francis appointed new members to the advisory body and included scientists, professors and experts in medicine and ethics from both religious and secular backgrounds.
Despite the predominance of Catholicism in Italy, Mormons are looking to the future with the imminent opening of a new temple and visitors center that church elders hope will draw more converts.
A thief posing as a pilgrim stole tiny fragments of the brain of John Bosco, one of Italy's most revered saints.
Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to a poor beachside town south of Rome where he went door-to-door blessing families.
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