A non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia, while church attendance is ...

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...

Following the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis on Easter Monday , several cardinals who were already in Rome, or who ...

Vatican City - Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church’s first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.

During his papacy, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires pushed the Church to be more inclusive of those from the so-called "peripheries", whether geographical areas far from Rome, or long-ignored ...

The conclave is set to begin after nine days of mourning, with discussions centered on finding a candidate who embodies ...

Notes: Since borders frequently shifted, there are some differences between the political geography at the time ... visited by Paul on his journey to Rome (Acts 27:7-21; Titus 1:5) MALTA & SICILY ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.