Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.

Since the pope left the hospital, he had seemed different, writes NCR's Vatican correspondent Christopher White. That change ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Priests from around the world mourned the passing of Pope Francis at the Vatican April 21 while reflecting on the late ...