COMMENTARY: A quarter century after the Jubilee of 2000, the Church is still asking why the evangelical hopes it kindled have ...

Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), the 265th pope, served from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013—a period of 7 years, 10 months, and 10 days. He voluntarily resigned from the papal office. On February ...

ANALYSIS: The third anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s death on Dec. 31 provides an opportunity to look at his little-acknowledged diplomatic acumen. Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumencial Orthodox ...

Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own Robert Prevost would be the new pope.

VATICAN CITY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In a restructuring of the leadership of the American Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV brought back the Christmas Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Wednesday night, which is the first held there since 1994. About 11,000 attended the mass, ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who was replaced Thursday as head of New York's archdiocese, one of the most consequential appointments in the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, was celebrated Wednesday for ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan shared a warm embrace with his successor, Bishop Ronald Hicks, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Thursday as the New York archbishop’s 16-year tenure came to an end. Dolan, 75, made ...