Pope Francis has denounced the "scourge" of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

Prosecutors in the Sardinian city of Sassari on Wednesday filed a request to indict nine people, including Antonino Becciu, ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister ...

After the election of Donald Trump, pundits speculated on how Pope Francis would react to a U.S. president who opposed his ...

The holy men appear like bright red cardinal birds in their traditional red robes. They are locked together inside the ...

Leading Asian theologian Father Felix Wilfred died on Jan. 7 in Chennai following a massive heart attack, according to an ...

Jimmy Carter is the only president in American history whose time in office overlapped with three popes: Paul VI, John Paul I ...

Peter Straughan dismissed the former Fox News host's allegation that "Conclave" is “anti-Catholic," defending the film’s ...

David Lodge's novels—as well as his many works of nonfiction—made him an important figure in 20th-century British literature.

French Bishop Dominique Rey said he was recently informed by the nuncio, the pope’s ambassador in France, that Pope Francis ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...