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

ROME — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further ...

Pope Francis will appoint 21 new cardinals from around the world, he announced on Sunday, in an unexpected push to influence ...

Kicking off the next phase of a closely-watched Vatican reform synod on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged delegates to focus on ...

Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as ...

Pope Francis penned requests for forgiveness, which were read by the most influential clerics at the Vatican, listing the ...

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What real changes can we expect from the Synod on Synodality? How is the Vatican responding to the rapidly expanding war in ...

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.

At the end of his Gospel reflection, the Pope asked the Virgin Mary to intercede for Christian spouses, noting the upcoming ...