Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

Cardinal Chow will be going to the Vatican for the conclave, yet his itinerary is not supposed to be disclosed,’ spokesman ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St.

The declaration restated traditional church teaching that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and woman. But it ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

Close to 20,000 people filtered past the Argentine's open, red-lined wooden coffin in the first few hours of the lying in ...

Bells rang through Vatican City Monday morning, signaling the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis, hours after he spoke to and ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

"The people of North Texas loved Bishop Farrell," said Sister Gloria Cain, ex-superintendent of the Diocese of Dallas ...

The process to elect a new pope was shrouded in secrecy until recently, when it was presented in the Oscar-winning film ...

For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals – and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon ...