I want all diocesan realities that own real estate to offer their contribution to stem the housing emergency,” Pope Francis ...

La Croix: The pope is about to publish an encyclical on the Sacred Heart. What is this devotion about? Father Etienne Kern: The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a spirituality entirely focused on ...

These 14 new saints join the more than 900 saints Pope Francis has canonized since his election in 2013. By comparison, St. John Paul II canonized 482 saints over 27 years of his pontificate. Pope ...

While secular art projects around the saint are flourishing in the U.S., it is worth remembering that nothing in her work can ...

Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General ...

“Conclave” begins at a gathering to select a new pope in the name of God — though it becomes clear that selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church is not a holy affair. When the ...

The pope has died unexpectedly in his quarters, and the Sacred College of Cardinals will now hold a conclave to determine his successor. The conclave will be overseen by Cardinal Lawrence ...

Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is charged with stewarding the conclave after the death of the pope — a job he is reluctant to tackle. The white smoke can only go up when one of the cardinals ...

Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590 ... who heard Rome’s bells ringing to announce the election of Benedict XV as they arrived in a car after their ship docked in Naples. Cardinal O’Connell was not ...