Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book ...

An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in ...

A provisional document published by the Italian Bishops’ Conference and approved by the Vatican cautiously opens the door for ...

Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts -- two women and an abbot -- to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and ...

It features backstabbing men in spectacular getups who stage-whisper like conniving divas. I nominate it the movie that most ...

When he was 13, Ralph Fiennes told his mother he wasn’t going to go to Mass any more. “My mother was a committed Catholic, very much so,” he says. In his early teens, the Fiennes family was living in ...

The release of the film Conclave has once again thrown the spotlight on one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events ...

When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics isn't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence and Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini in director Edward Berger's CONCLAVE.

Father Roberto Pasolini, recently appointed as preacher of the Papal Household, opens up about his journey from teenage faith struggles to becoming a Scripture scholar.

The office is one of the most important in the Vatican, overseeing all religious orders under the Catholic church.

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his ...