For years, people have speculated about what secrets the Vatican keeps locked away. Its archives stretch over 50 miles ...

As the Catholic Church gets ready to choose a new leader, many are hopeful that the next pope could become the first African ...

Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the ...

In 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope. In 2013, a building that housed clothing ...

The parishioners of Ss. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church have been granted a reprieve from the church’s ordered merger ...

In Croatia, Catholic bishops struggled with many of the late Pope’s ideas, especially on migration, the country’s ...

About 35 students, faculty and staff gathered in Hendricks Chapel at a Wednesday mass in honor of Pope Francis, who died ...

As Pope Francis' life was celebrated Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago Catholics and others have strong opinions on ...

A leader of Dubuque's LGBTQ+ community says Pope Francis gave him hope for a more inclusive Catholic church, but says the ...

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

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

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