Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru and a keen grasp of ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that cardinals locked inside have elected ...

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

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

Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have urged the British government to help protect the ancient Buddhist relics that descendants of ...

Crowds in St Peter's Square applaud but also sigh at the result, which came after the second and third ballots ...

Rights activists and legal experts criticized a ruling from the Pakistan Supreme Court that allows military trials for ...

Yon Seng Yeath, the highest representative of Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Nun Nget, the Great Supreme Patriarch ...

Electoral violence is deeply embedded in Philippine democratic history. It was furthered during the time of former president, ...

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

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 ...

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