Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative, said the Vatican needs clear rules to govern the status of future popes who resign rather than rule for life and that such a move would ...

In an unusual step, Catholic church leaders announced they had named judges to decide the fate of the ex-Jesuit accused by ...

For nearly 40 years, the Catholic Church had no single pope everyone could agree on. Rival claimants fought for power in Rome, Avignon, and beyond, dividing all of Europe. This video explains how the ...

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, formally took possession of his Titular Diocese, Albano, in a solemn ceremony in Albano , Italy ...

"Someone who says 'I'm against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life," Leo told ...

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to ...

The new American pope, Leo XIV, has somehow managed, in the four months since his election, to stay mostly out of the news.

Here's what's true — and what's false — about rumors that Leo is replacing New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who called Kirk a "modern-day St. Paul." ...

As a world-class footballer, I have had many surprises in my life, not least when Vinnie Jones famously grabbed me by the ...

Sarah Mullally has been appointed the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans ...