VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state ...

Cardinal Sir John Ribat told the Post Courier newspaper his vote will be for the interest of five million Catholics around ...

ROME, Italy — Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan delegation of United States lawmakers to Pope Francis' funeral at ...

Leaders of the Catholic Church in Baja California have decided to join the fight against crime by turning their churches into ...

Speaking at St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, the 54-year-old vicar general for the Diocese of Rome described how the faithful ...

A conclave to elect the next pope will start on May 7, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni confirmed on Monday. Over 130 ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a ...

Rounds said it was great to see the influence Pope Francis had on people around the world as seen by the scale of this event.

A seven-year battle over whether New Jersey can investigate allegations of decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the ...

Here is the full text of a working translation of the homily of Cardinal Baldassare Reina on the third day of the Novendiales in Rome.