Monsignor Charles Pope discussed his new book on the doctrine of hell on “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo.” ...

Pope Francis has named a Maryland prelate to serve as Rhode Island’s new Roman Catholic bishop, the Vatican announced Tuesday ...

Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

He rose in the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of abusing minors and seminarians and an investigation led Pope Francis to strip him of his priesthood. By Robert D. McFadden Theodore E.

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

A new presidential administration in Washington has opened up an unexpected geopolitical chasm putting U.S. bishops in an uncomfortable position.

Pope Francis' health has taken a turn for the better this week as he continues to show improvement following a Monday update that listed him as “out of danger from death." ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gives his homily during a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors ...

A group has launched a database aimed at vetting the responses of Roman Catholic cardinals to claims of sexual abuse in the ...

Theodore McCarrick, a defrocked priest who was accused of sexually abusing several boys over decades while a cardinal in the ...

A network of survivors of Catholic clergy sex abuse has announced a database of cardinals’ records on how they have handled ...