The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

While this conclave began yesterday and ended today, it's not quite the fastest one in history. In 1503, Pope Julius II was ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

For the very first time, a millennial — 15-year-old Carlo Acutis — was supposed to be elevated to saint status. The ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope in history, taking the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born ...

Chaput may assert the pope was "inadequate to the real issues," but the truth is that Francis was challenging to those more ...

The senior cardinal of the conclave will first appear on the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square, and will announce ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

The arrangements for the funeral of Pope Francis were meticulous. But it is the letters on his tombstone that are now ...

The main concelebrants at the memorial Mass, which marked the final day of the " novendiali " – the nine days of official ...

Neumann University, the Catholic university the Sisters founded in 1965, owns that building now and rents office space and ...

That was fitting, the Vatican added, because St. Francis of Assisi renounced his wealth to live in poverty, and the pope “had chosen the name Francis to never forget them.” ...