Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...

Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does ...

There is a buzzword at the annual meeting of the world's elites in the Swiss luxury resort of Davos: tariffs, although artificial intelligence has been another big theme.

H is Holiness Pope Francis —the 266th bishop of Rome, supreme pontiff of the Universal Church, sovereign of the Vatican City State—is a man with fancy titles, a simple soul and simpler prose. He likes ...

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, a Dominican theologian who helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church, led the Vienna ...

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has ...

The controversial lay movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae was forced to confirm news that it was suppressed by Pope Francis ...

Americans and the rest of the world watched with anxiety as the unpredictable Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president ...

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the eighth Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, on Monday, ...

HOUSTON — There’s a big change at the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and appointed his successor. Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, ...

The Austin shepherd will succeed Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who submitted his resignation to the Holy Father in May.

Pope Francis on Monday offered wishes to US President-elect Donald Trump in a message sent ahead of the presidential ...