In 2021, upon turning 75 (the canonical age for “retirement”), he submitted his resignation from what for nearly seventeen ...

Swiss guards Pope Francis on Monday thanked the Swiss Guard corps for their "kindness" to him and to all the tourists in the Vatican as 35 new members of ...

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally has lashed out at Donald Trump’s deportation program, describing ICE as a “lawless” operation and ...

The cardinal-archbishop of Chicago has profoundly reshaped the American hierarchy over the past 10 years and is poised to exert a lasting influence.

Filipino Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana has retired from the Holy See’s diplomatic service, which he served for 42 years. An ...

Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor 63, a Franciscan who previously declined to become a cardinal, has resigned amid allegations of mismanagement in his diocese.

Early into his pontificate, Francis put his finger on the scales in Peru by naming an outsider to take over the Chiclayo Diocese, a conservative stronghold. That new bishop was Robert Prevost, the ...

While Church leaders in Spain hailed the process as a victory for migrants, in Italy the head of the Italian bishops' conference warned of widespread indifference toward migrants dying at sea.

Today in History for Feb. 12: ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for ...

On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...

VATICAN CITY -- The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the ...