After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

While early popes endured the split of the Roman Empire, the Crusades and the Italian Renaissance, more recent popes have had to deal with how to integrate the religion's historically strict teachings ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

How many popes have there been? Has anyone ever refused the office? For an institution that has existed for nearly 2,000 ...

After the death of Pope Francis a replacement has to be elected by cardinals in a top secret meeting inside the Sistine ...

The phrase “Do not be afraid” is stated in the Bible 365 times, once for every day of the year. Attendees of the 2025 Easter ...

Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope Francis made ...