Popes have used the estate at Castel Gandolfo as a summer residence since the 17th century. Pope Francis broke from that ...

"I think we’re going to see quite a bit of discussion between politicians and the Pope regarding his stand on things...Should ...

After digging itself out of an early deficit, Gloucester Catholic baseball finishes atop the state in Non-Public B for third straight year.

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

By then, Considine had become head of the U.S. bishops’ Latin America Bureau. He worked with the onetime Catholic priest and ...

The Vatican Museums have inaugurated the exhibition “Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art Between France ...

Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker. John XXIII ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

COMMENTARY: ‘Apostolicam Actuositatem’ manifests a profoundly renewed vision of the role of the laity in the Church’s saving ...

As the cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope, here's the lowdown on the perks, pomp and powers of the pontiff ...

Pope St. Paul VI succeeded Pope St. John XXIII in June 1963, reigning until Aug. 6, 1978. He was succeeded by Pope John Paul I. He was canonized in 2018. Why does his optional memorial fall on May 29?

American Jewry joined the Catholic world today in mourning the death of Pope John XXIII who died this afternoon at the age of 81. Major American Jewish organizations issued statements expressing ...