Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

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’ ...

The basement of the Northeastern University Catholic Center in Boston on the night of Jan. 23 looked like any other college hangout, minus the priests keeping watch. The center&#3 ...

Pope Francis, January 6, named Cardinal Robert McElroy, formerly Bishop of San Diego in California, as Archbishop of Washington. He succeeds Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the first African American to ...

Pope Francis on Sunday thanked the mediators who brokered the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza, which came into effect on Jan. 19. After praying the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims gathered in ...

Pope Francis is being treated for a contusion on his right forearm after falling at his residence, the latest of several recent health challenges for the 88-year-old pontiff. The incident comes ...

In 1837, Pope Gregory XVI (1830-1846) also carried the image in procession ... and gems on the heads of Mary and the child Jesus on the miraculous image. Pope Paul V (1605-1621) arranged that a ...

However, the beginning of the crowning of a Mary sculpture or image is much older, or more precisely we have at least one much older example, that of Pope Gregory III (731-741) who donated a golden ...

Dan Brown knew it when he penned his book Angels and Demons, which sees the abduction of four cardinals vying for the position of pope. And Robert Harris knew it when he wrote the 2016 novel that ...

"A pope cannot divide the world into children and stepchildren and must denounce the sufferings of all," he said. "This is exactly what the Pope does not do." Pope Francis. Vatican announces new ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm ...

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...