The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the ...

Please inform me of the possibility of obtaining such information,” continued Pope Pius XII’s Secretary of State. This telegram, along with many Vatican documents related to World War II ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and ... Sponsor Message Though billed by the ...

"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, ...

Not even the Pope can resist the temptation. So this month Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to ...

China’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean has grown rapidly since the turn of the century, promising economic opportunity but also raising concerns over Beijing’s influence. China’s ...

The recent appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the archbishop of Washington, D.C., raises significant concerns about a potential agenda being pushed by the Vatican in America. Pope Francis’ ...

Francis, history’s first Latin American pope, has a special affinity for the work of Catholic missionaries. As a young Argentine Jesuit, he had hoped to serve as a missionary in Japan but was ...

Elizabeth II was the British sovereign who ruled longer than any other monarch in British history, making more than 80 state visits since 1952. Here are some of her most memorable encounters with ...

Crowning the facade of the temple is the frieze on which runs the celebration of the lord, in Latin: "Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta ... would be hurled in 1462 the tremendous judgment of Pope Pius II, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to ...