Cardinal Parolin presides over Mass as Our Lady of Arabia Church receives special Vatican recognition.

The church, a national cultural landmark confiscated during the Soviet era, remains state-owned but will now function primarily as a parish church.

By all appearances, January's consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.

His eventual martyrdom in the face of his opposition’s bigoted fear of positive change is what we observe on Monday.

La Penitenciaría Apostólica de la Santa Sede, un tribunal del Vaticano que se ocupa de asuntos de conciencia, emitió un decreto publicado por los frailes franciscanos el 10 de enero, en el que se declara un año de celebración en honor al Poverello, o el Pequeño Pobre.