Pope

You can visit the safehouse where Michelangelo holed up like a fugitive fearing for his life, in 1530, to escape the wrath of the Pope. You can see scrawled on ...

ROME—Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German ...

On the Via del Corso, a main thoroughfare of central Rome that dates back to ancient times, stands ...

ROME—A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95 in a secluded monastery at the Vatican ...

Would the United States defend Taiwan if China invaded the island? Biden is giving his most explicit statement ...

There is not enough evidence to open a formal church investigation into sexual assault allegations against Quebec Cardinal ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE—Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to because ...

EDMONTON—Pope Francis has arrived in Canada to embark on what he describes as a "penitential" trip aimed at ...

Canada's premiers are gathering in British Columbia for their 2022 summer meeting, where they will start by meeting ...

Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden is one of the six patron saints of Europe. She lived in the 14th century just ...

The Hershey Co. has begun firing office workers who have declined to be vaccinated against COVID-19. On the ...

The United States will diplomatically boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and other nations may soon follow, after an ...

No deal yet on President Joe Biden's domestic spending agenda. How does he plan to pay for it ...

Catholic Cardinal George Pell is returning to Rome just days after Pope Francis asked Cardinal Angelo Becciu to ...

Despite the shackles of social distancing rules that are denying the community attendance to churches and places of ...

VATICAN CITY—A coughing Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is canceling his ...

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican asked the Chinese regime on June 28 to stop intimidating Catholic clergy who want to ...

VATICAN CITY—The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced ...

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has ordered an investigation of an American bishop accused of sexual misconduct with adults and ...

DUBLIN—Pope Francis arrives Aug. 25 in Ireland, ground zero of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, with the ...

DUBLIN—The Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, withdrew on Aug. 18 from next week's World Meeting of Families ...

ROME—Pope Francis said his brief encounter Saturday with U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was a sign of good ...

MORIA, Greece—Pope Francis made a gesture Saturday of welcoming refugees by bringing 12 Syrian Muslims to Italy aboard his charter ...

Pope Francis has jumped into the fray of the 2016 elections, suggesting that GOP front-runner Donald Trump is ...

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump blasted Pope Francis as "disgraceful" after he said that Trump was not a ...

An overeager crowd in Mexico was chastised by Pope Francis after they pulled him by the sleeves, dragging ...