Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican announced that a new ...

Overlooking Lake Albano on a hill south of Rome, Castel Gandolfo was for centuries a much-loved papal summer retreat — until ...

Francis noted that in the novel, “everyone seems listless and passive, it seems obvious that the sick should be gotten rid of ...

Catholic Bishop Robert Barron shared his thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's election and what it means for the Church's future.

Pope Francis established a strong reputation as a workaholic, a tendency that he followed to the point of working from his hospital room earlier this year while deathly ill. But this July, Pope Leo ...

Matt Shaw reviews the Biennale Architettura through a series of questions and answers with Pope Francis pulled from his 2015 Laudato Si’ text.

The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church astonished the world when they suddenly elected a new pope on May 8 in just four ballots and little more than 24 hours. Christopher White can claim a similar ...

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the person to whom lots of people look when they want to come in contact with God. John Prevost, 71, is ...