A 10-month project to restore the giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter's Basilica is nearing completion, ...

Pope Francis opened the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality with a call for unity, warning delegates not to impose their personal ...

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When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to ...

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The pope just announced a new consistory that will take place Dec. 8 appointing 21 new cardinals from around the world.

ANALYSIS: Here are six angles for understanding who the new cardinals are and why Pope Francis might have picked them.

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So far the role of women in the Church, specifically the call for them to occupy more meaningful positions of leadership and ...

The subject of women and their role in the Catholic Church, was central to a conversation Pope Francis had with 150 Jesuits ...

POPE Francis has decided to honor the Philippine Catholic Church by creating a new Filipino cardinal in the person of Bishop ...

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals on Sunday, including five bishops of Latin American dioceses and three east Asian bishops ...