The video allegedly showing a man being escorted away from the late pontiff's body appeared online before the lying in state ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

Ghana’s Cardinal Peter Turkson is seen as one of the Church’s most influential men from Africa, where Christianity is quickly ...

Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between ...

Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...

Pope Francis received a Lamborghini Huracán, but instead of keeping the luxury vehicle, he auctioned it off for $950,000. The proceeds were donated to charitable causes, including rebuilding ...

The death of Pope Francis and global aid cuts led by the United States could complicate the work of a group of experts ...