During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he ...

Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez was named by Pope Francis himself, inheriting a leadership role overseeing a divided Catholic ...

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

Pope Francis’ recovery and first public appearance in over five weeks at Gemelli Hospital was hailed as “a symbol of hope” by ...

Francis rejected all trappings of sovereignty and cult of personality. Instead, he has lived and preached what Jesus ...

Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace also expressed his support ...

Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary urbi ...

VATICAN CITY — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a... Bishop Larry J. Kulick of the ...

Abuse prevention,” the Holy Father said, “is not a blanket to be spread over emergencies but one of the foundations on which ...

Some say Brian Burch’s appointment could be a harbinger of further tension between the Vatican and the Trump administration.