Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

The appointment marks a major step in Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis on Thursday expressed condolences to the archbishop of New Orleans over the attack in the US city that killed at ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the ... Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Altar ...

Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

In lesser hands, Conclave might have been a political thriller that happens to take place at the Vatican, similar to how some horror movies use exorcism as a device without addressing the ...

Speaking to participants in the General Chapter of the Union “St. Catherine of Siena” of School Missionaries in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Francis emphasized three essential qualities ...

On his 88th birthday, Pope Francis reveals humor’s role in faith and recounts a foiled suicide attack during his Iraq visit ...