Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

The Catholic Church is an institution of remarkable longevity. The year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of ...

Much of the majority immigrant congregation at St. Charles Borromeo saw Pope Francis as their spiritual champion.

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

ROME — They don’t have a vote in the election of a pope, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders ...

This previously devout cradle Catholic has lost her patience with a church that has sold its soul over a single issue. | ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

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

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

As the voting to choose the next pope gets underway, serious questions loom about Europe’s future influence on the Church.