There was the Republic, the Empire and then the papacy, with 266 popes up to and including the present one – and that number doesn’t include all the antipopes. The city has grown and contracted and ...

Pope Francis has a point about the sanctity of life that Republicans and Democrats might hate. They should ponder it, anyway.

The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.

In a strongly worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump administration ...

Although Vice President JD Vance is quite popular among far-right white evangelicals and Christian nationalists, he isn't an ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of ...

Pope Francis on Thursday released his message for World Mission Day 2025, encouraging all Catholics to be “missionaries of hope” who actively participate in the Church’s evangelizing mission ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

Set during the election for a new pope, the movie uses many of the real-life rules and dynamics of a conclave to build suspense, including the tradition of the chosen cardinal choosing a new name ...