The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

This secret church in Pickering, North Yorkshire, has been named among Britain's best attractions 'that most people have never heard of' ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final ... the private process to select a new leader of the Catholic Church. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

He offered a message of love and communion during an inaugural Mass in St Peter’s Square before before an estimated 150,000 ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Pope Paul VI was the last to use this privilege in the pontificate inauguration ceremony in 1963. Dozens of leaders from ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

ON the via Appia Antica, beyond the Aurelian walls, sits the ancient basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls. It is one of ...