VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A 10-month project to restore the giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter's Basilica ...

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

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

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

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

Most of the names were identical to the commission that supervised last year’s final document. Notable changes included ...

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 ...

For the first time in history, a majority of the cardinals at the next conclave will be from outside of Europe.