VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

The Philippines will make history this year on April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, by becoming the first nation in the world to ...

Pope Francis, the late head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City, died aged 88 on April 21. Within days of ...

Audrey Carville hears from the former Irish President Dr Mary McAleese about Pope Francis and the challenges for his ...

Approximately 250,000 people followed the mass from the square or nearby on giant screens. The rest lined the route of the ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the evening until they make a selection.

The Holy See remains Taiwan’s only European ally, even as the Catholic Church deepens historic diplomatic and religious ...

Millions around the world tuned in to watch as Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday, with 400,000 mourners alone paying ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Priests arrayed themselves in rows and the crowds stood and knelt, sang and prayed for one last communion with Francis. They ...

Pope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonated, even among those who lacked faith. Francis ...

Wars and rumors of wars, especially in the Middle East. Rising political tensions plaguing the Western Hemisphere as the ...