Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and ...

Catholic teenagers reclaim the figure of the Argentine and await a new Pontiff with whom they also "connect". "Many young ...

As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

The conclave to elect a new pope isn’t the only international event attracting visitors to Rome this week. The return of ...

The AI image of President Trump masquerading as the pope "mocks God, the Catholic Church and the Papacy," Bishop Paprocki said.

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Middleburg's Kielce Gussie was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and worked for the Vatican in Rome and gave a reading at the pope's funeral.

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...