The Iraqi president's office said peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians was the only way to eradicate extremism.

The Vatican's team of up to 60 athletes is comprised of nuns, priests, Swiss Guards, museum workers, carpenters and maintenance workers.

The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, and his deputy resigned suddenly Monday amid a troubled period in Pope Francis’ papacy.

Newfoundland and Labrador was the site of two highly publicized abuse scandals in the late 1980s, when allegations of widespread abuse at Mount Cashel and Belvedere Catholic orphanages met with public shock and outrage.

The Vatican is launching an international exorcism training course in response to a surge in demand for the demonic service in Italy.

Suffocating summer heat has followed two years of lower-than-average rainfall in Rome, forcing the Italian capital to close drinking fountains and consider the prospect of water rationing.

The Vatican on Tuesday published guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated, saying their remains cannot be scattered, divvied up or kept at home.

Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected priestly child abuser in the first known case of a pope sanctioning bishops for covering up for pedophiles.

A new Vatican outreach initiative to listen to women hit a sour note when its promo video featuring an attractive blonde woman came under much ridicule.

The new cardinals hail from 14 nations such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar.