Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the ...

"I wanted all of us, inside or out, to have an opportunity to throw open the doors of our hearts and understand that hope ...

The Catholic Church has declared a North Texas order of nuns "extinct" after conflict including accusations that a nun broke ...

ROME — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for having abdicated for a day rather than approve legislation to ...

Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as Christmas ...

Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another as he used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators.

President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected ...

By now Francis’ annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a ...