In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar, dropping 10 days and making the equinox fall on March 21 again. Most Eastern Christians did not adopt the new calendar, leading to a situation ...

Pope Francis extended his condolences after an American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on ...

When a pope dies, or more rarely resigns (Francis's direct predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first to step down since Gregory XII in 1415), the college of cardinals gathers in the Vatican to ...

Pope Francis said Monday that he is more concerned about the development of human intelligence than artificial intelligence. Speaking to Church communications professionals in the Clementine Hall ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar, dropping 10 days and making the equinox fall on March 21 again. Most Eastern Christians did not adopt the new calendar, leading to a situation ...

Pope Francis has designated the St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna a minor basilica. It was the first under the Diocese of San Pablo to receive the honor, the Catholic Bishops’ ...

Pope Francis on Monday tapped Cardinal Robert ... McElroy, 70, replaces Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who at 77 is two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. Francis has long had his ...

ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the US president’s pledges nearly a decade after ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis on Saturday. The medal was scheduled to be presented to the ...

ROME — Pope Francis has called plans by President-elect Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that ...

Pope Francis sent a message to Trump wishing him "wisdom, strength and protection." "Inspired by your nation's ideals of being a land of opportunity and welcome for all, it is my hope that under ...