Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, has passed away at 88, just a day after his Easter appearance. From the ...

U.S. lawmakers and other prominent figures honored Pope Francis’s legacy in an outpouring of heartfelt tributes on Monday.

Papal experts have lauded the Oscar-nominated film as one of the more accurate depictions of the closed-door Vatican ...

Paris had its moment—and it was magical—but Europe has plenty more on the menu for 2025. Europe in 2025 is bursting with ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The ...

The College of Cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel, beneath the Stories of Genesis by Michelangelo, to choose the next ...

This is a time for great rejoicing and liturgical renewal. The official version of the Roman Missal is called the Latin Typical Edition. In 2002 the Holy See approved the Third Typical Edition of ...

As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 A.D. The current Eucharistic liturgy ...