After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gondolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a summer vacation, like many popes before him.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, describing the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as “inhumane” ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty over the pope’s health. The same is true for everyone in the...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of a c...

Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new autobiography, “Hope,” he shows remarkable openness about his own failings.

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC.

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies.

One of the catholic church’s holiest sites has been preparing for an influx of millions of visitors in 2025, when Rome and the Vatican City celebrates its Jubilee Year. CNN’s Christopher Lamb gets a g...

Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated interi...

Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.

Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.

Rien Schuurhuis never expected to win this year’s cycling world championships. For the sole representative of the Vatican City in the 200-strong field, simply being at the race in Switzerland was enou...

Pope Francis has approved the updated edition of the liturgical book for papal funeral rites in April, which was written by the Office for the ...

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This has been a blockbuster election year politically, so it’s fitting that a new movie shines a light on an ancient and highly secretive voting process: the selection of a new pope.