The leader of the Catholic Church appoints 21 cardinals this weekend. Pope Francis is further shaping the circle of senior ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's not yet known if the Pope will be present for Holy Week celebrations. The Vatican says Pope Francis is expected to be hospitalized for several days. Chicago's Cardinal Blase ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their ...

Pope Francis is set to appoint 21 clergy to the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals. With the new additions, the pope will ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a ...

White smoke has billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that a new Pope has been elected. The identity of the pope and the name he has chosen as pontiff will be announced to the ...

Cardinal Dolan reiterated that he hoped he 'made clear there was a lot of human input into the meetings and conversations, ...

Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from ...

A posthumous book by Pope Francis, "Il mio San Francesco" (My St Francis), will be available in Italian bookstores from 18 ...