Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

When the cardinals of the Catholic Church gather to choose the next pope, how close to the movie "Conclave" will it be?

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Today the Vatican announced that 88-year old Pope Francis has died after being hospitalized on February 14 in Rome.The pope ...

20. The vast majority of the approximately 11,000 people the Roman Catholic Church recognizes as saints were priests, nuns or lay brothers who took vows of celibacy and therefore are unlikely to ...

Carlos Acutis is set to become the first millennial saint. His canonization was moved to next Sunday in St. Peter's Square after the death of Pope Francis.

a saint who dedicated his life to the poor. When Francis became pope, he took over the Roman Catholic Church at a moment of crisis. The church was being rocked by clerical sexual abuse scandals ...

Discover the meaning behind conclave, Camerlengo and more terms used as the Catholic Church prepares for a new leader ...

Pope Francis, remembered as a beacon of hope and advocate for human dignity, died at age 88. Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico and other local Catholics mourned the pope's passing and reflected on ...

Formosus was elected as pope on October 6, 891 CE, during a particularly turbulent time for the papacy, and political ...

As much of the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, who died Monday morning at 88, the loss cuts especially deep in ...