The precedent for a pope choosing a new name was set 2,000 years ago by the first pope, Peter, who was born Simon ...

Washington legislation will make members of the clergy mandatory reporters of any instances of child abuse or neglect ...

However, along the immense walls surrounding the Vatican, it was business as usual on May 7 as hundreds of tourists joined ...

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, was arrested at Todai-mae Station in the Japanese capital on suspicion of assaulting a man, police said ...

Host of the "Bible in a Year" and "Catechism in a Year" podcasts and a frequent presenter for Ascension, Father Mike Schmitz ...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India, considered a member of Pope Francis' inner circle, offered OSV News a candid and deeply ...

That the Church should opt for the poor is particularly relevant in Asia, where millions suffer extreme poverty ...

Thick black smoke emerged on May 7 from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

Nuns react at St Peter's Square as black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that cardinals failed ...

Some 87 international human rights and diaspora groups have told the Hong Kong government to immediately cease the arrests of family members of activists who fled the Chinese enclave amid a crackdown ...

A charismatic and gifted speaker, Cardinal Tagle is active on social media, reaching out to Catholics wherever they are ...

The governor in Indonesia’s West Java province has come under fire for involving the military to discipline ‘naughty students ...