On Friday, Catholics have been called to pray and fast for people suffering in wars, including those in Gaza in the Holy Land ...

Seychelles: President Ramkalawan pays courtesy call on the Secretary of State of the Holy See, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

The Holy See , also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese ...

Thomas Patrick Melady was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Holy See by President George H.W. Bush and served from 1989 to 1993. NCR editor Tom Fox interviewed Melady last week concerning the ...

The Holy See communiqué reiterated support for the Convention Against Torture. It voiced willingness to enact measures to prevent “any cruel and inhuman behavior” and to continue to support ...

In May 2014, a report from the Committee of the U.N. Convention against Torture tried to consider the abuse of children as torture to push the Holy See to introduce new measures.

In February, some members of the organization sharply criticized a request from the Holy See for $25 million for a Church-owned hospital that has been plagued by fraud and embezzlement scandals ...

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the general debate of the U.N. Economic and Social Council's High-Level Political Forum ...

Immunity & the Holy See MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit affirmed that a New York federal court does not have jurisdiction, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, to hear claims against the Holy ...

According to Andrea Tornielli, who claims to have a copy of the original letter sent by the Holy See to the schismatic Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the St. Pius X Society, the Holy See has given ...