New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan turns 75 Thursday, and is required to submit his resignation to the Vatican. The formality ...

Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...

Pope Francis extends the terms of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re and Leonardo Sandri as dean and vice-dean respectively of ...

US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis are not likely to become fast friends or – in the main – political allies. As ...

In the wake of Trump’s election victory last year, Pope Francis wasted no time in criticizing the notion of mass deportations ...

One of the youngest cardinals was appointed by Pope Francis to head the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and ...

Pope Francis said he was "deeply saddened" by the tragic shooting in a Swedish school, sending "assurance of his spiritual closeness to all affected by this traumatic incident," in which 10 students ...

North Kivu was among the war-torn regions Pope Francis entrusted to the prayers of the faithful during his Sunday Angelus ...

The latest blow that the Pope has dealt to Opus Dei is the public and definitive confirmation of the disciplinary punishment ...