The Vatican excommunicated the Society of St. Pius X for consecrating bishops without papal approval. This action ends decades of diplomatic engagement and enf…

The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X, while warning that any lay believers who "formally adhere" to the b…

The declaration came just one day after the group illicitly consecrated four bishops in defiance of warnings from Vatican officials and the pope himself.

In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical trial has opened enrolm…

F1 drivers will drive 22 Lego minicars ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix in a spectacular - and likely chaotic - track parade at Silverstone.

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The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church 's canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bisho…

Trump: US envoys enroute to Doha for ‘perhaps important’ Iran meeting Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect technical talks on Wednesday wit…

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pa…

Scientists created a quantum device generating controlled sound particles, challenging existing physics models. This breakthrough enables phonon lasers, potent…

Tehran says a 'communication channel' will be established with Washington to report and discuss breaches of the MoU.