When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. Now, after ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Pope Francis has marked the anniversary of his election as the head of the Catholic Church from a hospital. ROME — Pope ...

Poor Pope Ratzinger is probably lying in bed with the shades drawn over all this. The Pope spoke of Curial corruption, including the presence of a “gay lobby” in the Vatican. He also talked ...

There are some movies that are more pious, but, I think, less faithful to the drama of Catholicism,' said Vatican expert ...

As Pope Francis wrestles with a tenacious pneumonia, devout Roman Catholics praying for his recovery can at least be assured ...

Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure, Vatican sources confirmed Monday. The Argentine-born Pontiff ...

“Though as a teenager he was a member of the Hitler Youth, all his life Cardinal Ratzinger has atoned for the fact,” the Anti-Defamation League said in a statement after his election as pop ...

The pope was put on a breathing machine on Friday ... when Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, announced he was stepping aside. It all happened in what was assumed to be a routine meeting ...

Thursday marks 12 years since Francis was elected as the successor to the German pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger.