A 10-month project to restore the giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter's Basilica is nearing completion, ...

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Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad, a 51-year-old priest from Kerala who organises Pope Francis’ international travels since ...

Pope Francis meets Jesuits in Belgium, sharing personal stories and insights with leaders from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the ...

The pope just announced a new consistory that will take place Dec. 8 appointing 21 new cardinals from around the world.

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals on Sunday, including five bishops of Latin American dioceses and three east Asian bishops ...

When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to ...

ANALYSIS: Here are six angles for understanding who the new cardinals are and why Pope Francis might have picked them.

In his letter to Catholics in the Middle East, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of ...

Pope Francis has appointed 21 new Cardinals to the College of Cardinals including the Archbishop of Toronto. The pope made the appointment on Sunday, naming Francis Leo, a vicar general who previously ...

On the anniversary of Oct. 7, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, I do not want to talk about peace or ...