The red robes are worn by all 133 cardinals deliberating who will replace Pope Francis. The original reason cardinals started wearing red is disputed, but the hue is often said to represent the blood ...

Following papal tradition, the Gammarelli family, tailors to the Vatican for over two centuries, prepares three robes in ...

Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is ...

The conclave that begins Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican ...

Inherited a deeply divided Church after Benedict XVI's resignation in 2013 Appointed 80% of cardinal electors, increasing chances of a progressive successor Struggled to restore credibility amid ...

Despite the challenge of tracking this fluctuating holiday, clergy members like Father Bob Longobucco of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church in Schenectady have no trouble keeping it straight.

Josh Sullivan, who is originally from Tennessee, was kidnapped by four men as he was delivering a sermon to a church congregation in Eastern Cape province last Thursday. The gang stole two mobile ...

More than 200 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy in southern German cities over past decades, a new independent report revealed on Monday. According to the Catholic Diocese of ...

Well, it’s probably happening. Republicans in North Carolina may actually subvert the will of voters to put their candidate on the state Supreme Court, despite Democratic Justice Allison Riggs ...