In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as ...

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

Starting July 1, the Catholic churches that serve Rome and Lee Center will merge into a single parish. Church leaders said ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

The two are passing through Rome on vacation and will continue to southern Italy. But they are practicing Catholics and were ...

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

While there are those who want to back away from Francis' outreach there is one unalterable fact: When the world's Catholic ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 ...

VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb ...

Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of ...