Two questions are probably responsible for about 90% of conversation between media members that I’ve heard (or overheard) ...

Grants have grown in steady increments for the past 20 years, Fitzgerald said. Since its inception in 1988, the Papal ...

Francis’ way of seeing the role of women in the Church is best understood against this backdrop: For him it was a matter of ...

"I’m happy about the work that we did with the kids because they now carry in their hearts that seed of faith." ...

Sister Alessandra Smerilli is a member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, also known as the Salesian Sisters. She serves in the Vatican as secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral ...

David Cloutier is a professor of moral theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment in the Business Ethics and Society Program of the Mendoza College of Business.

First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...

Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

"We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of ...

His battered black shoes showed wear from prayer and intercontinental ministry last year when Pope Francis gave them to Noel ...

"And now that he rests near that beloved image, we entrust him with gratitude and confidence to the intercession of the ...

The law could place Catholic priests at odds with civil law in order to uphold church law regarding the seal of the ...