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 ...

Among her ancestors are saints, Holy Roman and Byzantine emperors, antipopes, French and Belgian ... Catholics was given but not fulfilled. Yet Pope Pius XI sent Queen Giovanna a message carrying ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

With only one lung, the fragile 88-year-old Pope Francis sparks alarm with "every cough or hospital admission". Around him, the vultures circle – devising strategies to ensure their preferred ...

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 ...