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

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

English Dominican Fr Timothy Radcliffe (79) is one of 21 men named by Pope Francis to be promoted to cardinal at a special consistory in the Vatican on December 8. The appointments were announced by ...

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.

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 ...

I think we have to look at the question very much from … the Spirit. ‘Is the Spirit calling women?’” said Sister Mary Theresa ...

Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old ...

On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those ...