The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

Father Joseph Thong Nguyen’s joyful personality belies a steely determination that was tested when he was arrested and beaten ...

Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state ...

He chose to address poverty, he pursued reconciliation in the church, and he believed in inclusion and compassion. He ...

Russia struck civilian areas of Ukraine with drones in another deadly nighttime attack, officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

While preaching the decentralization of church power, Pope Francis was not shy about using his office to enact top-down ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

People pray during a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on April ...

The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

The priest believes the men were aged in their ... who took over from Knupfer, travelled to Washington to see him. Though he has no doubts but that the commission would honour confidentiality ...