The provocative actress starred in 'And God Created Woman,' 'The Truth' and 'Contempt,' stirring audiences around the world.

Brigitte Bardot, the French actress turned political activist, has died at the age of 91. The international sex symbol ...

Father Francis Truong Buu Diep was killed on March 12, 1946, by two Japanese deserters in Tac Say Parish in Ca Mau province ...

Faiths Vatican report says church teaching bars women deacons, but stops short of final ruling (RNS) — A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained ...

The Vatican has recorded its first financial surplus in years, turning around a 51 million euro deficit in 2024, according to its budget report. Donations of more than 237 million euros to the Holy ...

The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship. This tradition got a recent boost. The late Pope Francis’ goal of powering the Vatican by 100% solar energy is happening ...

The Vatican has handed back 62 Indigenous artefacts to Canada’s Catholic bishops, framing the move as “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity” after years of pressure from Indigenous ...

Then Bishop of Verdun Jean-Paul Gusching, in Lourdes, southwestern France on November 8, 2022. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP Pope Leo XIV pressured a French bishop to step down over his "relationships with ...

Over 1,000 LGBTQ Catholics and their families walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage listed on the Vatican’s official Holy Year calendar. The ...

ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during conclave, the most electors ever. LONDON and VATICAN CITY -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal ...

Francis is buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. LONDON and ROME -- The Vatican released photos of the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried on Saturday in the Basilica of St. Mary Major ...