At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

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 ...

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

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

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.

I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.

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

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the ...

Former President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will among those attending Saturday's funeral for Pope Francis in ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.