Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the ...

I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, when handing the ...

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, a Dominican theologian who helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church, led the Vienna ...

Pope Francis. On Jan. 6, the Vatican announced Cardinal Robert McElroy, 70, the current bishop of San Diego and a critic of ...

LONDON -- Pope Francis fell and injured his arm on Thursday in his residence, the Vatican said. "This morning, due to a fall ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS ... scene in the Paul VI Hall. The Nativity scene was crafted by artists from Bethlehem using local materials and was inaugurated by Pope Francis before Palestinian political ...

Pope Francis offered prayers Wednesday for the people of Los Angeles as they endure deadly fires. Francis referred to the ...

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

ROME—Pope Francis on January 6 named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Filippo Ciampanelli, an aide, reads the pope's prepared text to ambassadors and diplomats accredited to the Holy See during their annual meeting in the Hall of Blessing in the Apostolic Palace at the ...