It was one of the nun’s traits, aside from her work for racial equality, that Pope Francis saw as worthy of sainthood.

Building on years of appeals from Native people to Francis, the Vatican formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the legal theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls decrees that legitimized ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

The cardinal, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023 by a Vatican court of first instance, decided not to attend the ...

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope.

Melania Trump and Donald Trump were among the hundreds of thousands who said their last goodbyes to Pope Francis on Saturday ...

Angelo Becciu, an Italian cardinal convicted of embezzlement and stripped of his privileges by Pope Francis, confirmed ...

This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 53 cardinals from Europe, 23 from Asia, 37 ...

Whoever succeeds Pope Francis will inherit his momentous and controversial legacy of relations with Indigenous people throughout the Americas.

Catholic cardinals will be locked up for the papal conclave but for preparatory meetings this week they must run the gauntlet ...

Zurek delivered his remarks during a live address April 21, recalling personal memories including when he first met the Pope more than 10 years ago.

The late pope sent a telegram marking the 560th anniversary of the saint’s canonization in 2021 calling her “a great female ...