Pope Francis's passing reminds us yet again of the complete absence of women in the upper echelons of the church. This is despite the fact that he did more to elevate women than any other pope.

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that ...

Pope Leo XIV said in his first mass this morning that the Church must do more to reach places around the world where there is ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

The whole square looked like a patchwork: purple, white, black, depending on the type of clergy ... mercy and inclusion than on rules and doctrine. Some of them want to go further toward allowing ...

Wearing a white robe and holding a gold crucifix ... accompanied by the loss of meaning in life, the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of human dignity, the crisis of the family and so ...

Almost everything he did — including his rapprochement with divorced Catholics and women who had had abortions — could be seen as a manifestation of his central ideal: mercy. And yet ...

Don’t forget the poor.” These are the words that the Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes famously whispered in the ear of Jorge ...