By choosing Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, the pope is sending a message to the incoming ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...

Pope Francis’ decision to appoint a liberal cardinal to the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. was reportedly done in response ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday enjoyed a performance by members of an African-themed circus troupe called CircAfrica. The group ...

On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the ...