Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves, in ...

Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s doctrine czar, has said that despite the broad use of alleged ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis said in a newly released interview that he backed his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, at ...

The cross, measuring approximately 5.9 inches in length, is crafted from gold-plated silver and adorned with a gemstone.

Pope Benedict XVI — always a shy and scholarly figure — nevertheless ... ordination and service as a bishop, archbishop and ...

In questioning Francis on his ambiguity, the late Cardinal Joachim Meisner clarified the issue. With the Church divided over the proper interpretation of one of Pope Francis’s writings, some ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin Farrell as his special envoy for the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process ...

FILE – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, center, is helped to walk down the steps by Bishops Vincenzo Paglia, left, and Georg Gaenswein prior to the start of a meeting of Pope Francis with the elderly ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Francis has exposed the political "maneuvers" used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process ...