Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels -- although just under one ...

Explore religious figures shaping global events in 2025. From influential leaders to rising voices, this four-part series ...

The judge in the trial of Stephen Murphy, 55, of Danvers, Mass., declared the mistrial Wednesday afternoon, after jurors reported they were deadlocked.

ROME — Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation.

at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in ...

A nun will take over as head of the Vatican City State’s executive branch in March this ... Francis also spoke about mass deportation plans in the US, migration, the two-state solution, and the ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ...

(Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Did the pope endorse a Vatican-style ministate for a Muslim community on Thursday? The press in Albania seems to think so, after Pope Francis met with a delegation ...

Lawrence is a cog in the bureaucracy that underpins the smooth running of the Vatican, albeit an important one: as Dean of the College of Cardinals, he will oversee the election of the new Pope.

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

(Vatican Media via AP, HOGP) Pope Francis reacts during a solemn mass where he made 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) ...