Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. He is tapping one of his ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Up to 15 people were killed and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street in the ...

Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina and ...

For teens in the 1970s, their room was more than just a place to sleep—it was their sanctuary, a reflection […] ...

Six federal death row inmates with Virginia ties are among 37 prisoners whose punishments are being converted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by President Joe Biden, it ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for having abdicated for a day rather than approve legislation to ...

(CNN) — Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide ... “When I asked the (Vatican) Gendarmerie the following day what was known about the two bombers, the commander ...

Pope Francis called on musicians and artists to serve as “angels of peace” during his address to participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas concert on Saturday. Speaking in the Clementine Hall ...

VATICAN CITY--If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip ... s relations with China ever-present in the background in a region where Beijing wields enormous ...

As the fighting in Gaza drags on, Pope Francis welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican. The Vatican press office said the two spoke privately for 30 minutes on Dec. 12 before Abbas ...