Despite the Pope’s nearly month-long hospitalization, Jubilee continues for Catholics around the world and a local church has ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite ...

The 88-year-old prayed on Saturday morning in the chapel of the papal suite at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said. A man who claimed he was sexually abused in school by Fr Malachy Finegan ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are ...

With uncertainty on Pope Francis's health, a list of cardinals emerged ready to succeed him. The Catholic Church has an elaborate procedure for electing a new pope.

The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards in the city of Rome will hold its monthly joint ward meeting on Tuesday, March 18.