Poland’s iconic Royal Sigismund Bell tolled on Thursday as Catholics around the world welcomed the election of US Cardinal ...

Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million ...

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

The Papacy has also figured in numerous fictional films, including crime dramas (The Godfather Part III, 1990), thrillers (Angels & Demons, 2009), horrors (The Pope’s Exorcist, 2023) and numerous ...

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his ...

St. John Paul II entrusted the world to divine mercy as he consecrated the International Shrine of the Divine Mercy in ...

Amid papal mourning, an annual celebration of the Divine Mercy reminds the faithful that Easter joy triumphs over tears, with ...

Cardinal Nycz Poland lauds and mourns Pope Francis.  By Robert Strybel, Warsaw Correspondent WARSAW – Soon after word of Pope ...

The doors of St Peters basilica have now been closed, ahead of preparations for tonight's funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of his funeral on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The pontiff died of a stroke at age 88.