Pope Francis on Thursday said he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the ...

The U.S. Secretary of State met with Pope Francis on Wednesday morning to talk about the Mideast and Ukraine among other ...

Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be ...

Not unlike many of the Renaissance families of Italy, the Borgias were power hungry, corrupt, and self-indulgent. But their ...

Russia fired a multi-wave drone attack towards the Ukrainian capital Kyiv this morning, forcing most of the country to issue ...

Pope Francis published a letter November 21 advocating for the renewal of church history studies, particularly for seminarians. This follows a previous document from August in which Francis emphasized ...

In “a note of accompaniment” to the final document, the pope made clear that Catholic bishops throughout the world are to ...

What I’d like to see is the breaking down of this notion that there are the professional Christians—who are the priests, the bishops, the religious and many lay people—and the recognition that we’re ...

Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, a leading Vatican expert on Islam, died on Monday (Nov. 25) at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, ...

A true study and understanding of the church's history and experience are needed to help priests better interpret today's ...

ANALYSIS: The revisions reflect Francis’ desire to simplify the rites and, in some instances, to dispense with centuries-old ...

The UN chief, Pope Francis, and others called on Monday for countries to stop the production and use of land mines, despite ...