The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith admonished the practices of gender reassignment surgery and surrogate pregnancy on Monday, calling them threats to human dignity.
Marking the six-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Pope Francis met with relatives of hostages on Monday in the Apostolic Palace.
Bishop Robert Barron told Fox News Digital that the release of the Vatican document "Dignitas infinita" on Monday shows "how stupid it is" to categorize the church as "right" or "left."
President Biden faced renewed criticism from U.S. Catholics after the White House reaffirmed his support for "gender theory" after the Vatican condemned the movement.
Pope Francis is set to visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, delighting Catholics in the region. It is possible he will also stop in Vietnam.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that Pope Francis will attend the G7 Summit in June and will participate in the session on artificial intelligence.
Pope Francis attended the Venice Biennale of Arts and visited the Vatican's exhibit, which was inside of a women's prison and created with the help of some prisoners.