Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...

Pope Francis was an elder already when he began his papacy. His life and his service hold valuable lessons for all whose ...

Francis desired healing among religions, and an episode that stands out from his life was a visit to a Rome synagogue in 2016 ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Pope Francis, the first South American pope, was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in a modest Buenos Aires neighborhood in ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the days leading up to the conclave, as cardinals have met in the general congregations to discuss ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Memories and perceptions of Pope Francis are many and varied. To give a few examples, some will remember him for opening ...

Members of Argentina's main labor unions demonstrated in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, ahead of International Workers' Day, to ...

SÃO PAULO – Pope Francis’s death heavily impacted old-timer Liberation theologians, people who on several occasions had to ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...