For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

The vehicle, which Francis used during a 2014 visit to the West Bank, will be turned into a health clinic on wheels designed ...

As cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions ...

ROME – They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in ...

Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically ...

Pope Francis passed away this morning at 88 years old. Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...