First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

I was so touched by the brief yet beautiful blessing of Pope Francis. He appeared in his wheelchair and declared “Buona ...

A Nigerian priest has shared a photo showing how orderly people behaved during the burial ceremony held for Pope Francis on ...

Visitors have been able to step into a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic church in Maryland for the first time – an ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical leader in the Roman Catholic Church, appointed by the pope. Cardinals play a crucial ...

Before his death, Francis made further appointments demonstrating his commitment to integrating women into Church governance.

The deteriorating health of Pope Francis has led to the worldwide speculation regarding his possible successor.

ANALYSIS: Pope Francis changed a deeply traditional institution more than most observers could have imagined possible in only ...

This will signal another first in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church ... hierarchy, especially the centralization of papal authority. The author outlines how this power structure ...

With millions of followers and a long history that goes back more than 2,000 years, the Church has, over time, created a ...