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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

At Masses in Rome’s housing projects and in the heart of its tourist district, the faithful prayed Sunday for the upcoming ...

If the Catholic cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are looking for a steady administrator ...