The Pope held an audience with a troupe of African circus performers in the Vatican on Wednesday. The 88-year-old watched ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

The unusual decision to has sparked discussion about the intersection of traditional Church hierarchy and Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis has appointed a supporter of allowing pro-abortion Catholic politicians to receive communion to lead the Roman ...

While women have been in secondary positions in the church, no woman has held the role of a prefect. The office now headed by ...

Pope Francis selected San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, who once called for anti-Trump "disruptors," to lead the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.

An 18-year-old aspiring nurse, a single mother, a father of two, and a former Princeton football star were among those ...

While the Vatican has acknowledged the “abundant spiritual fruits” experienced by people visiting and praying at the site of ...

(OSV News) -- Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis' acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, ...

For Professor Stiglitz, this call to the international community is essential because the debt crisis today “with the ...