VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five conservative cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas have challenged Pope Francis to affirm ... the latest high-ranking challenge to Francis’ pontificate ...

When the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin ... When asked to evaluate Pope Francis on a scale of 0 to 10, Chileans gave him a score of 5.3, the lowest ranking for any Pope.

Francis was elected pope in 2013 largely on the strength of an extemporaneous speech he delivered to his fellow cardinals in ...

The Aug. 28 text said that if they did not "apologize and make amends" by Sept. 5, Sako would ask Pope Francis to canonically ...

The top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is celebrating a milestone birthday, his 100th ...

A top Catholic Cardinal in Papua New Guinea has called for Christian unity and peace as thousands converge at the national capital Port Moresby to welcome Pope Francis. In a press conference on Sept.

The Catholic Church has been undergoing a long, slow shift, playing out on the timescale of centuries: a shift to distance ...

Pope Francis has concluded the first leg of his four-nation tour of Asia and Oceania, leaving Indonesia Friday morning and ...

Mexico’s Catholic Church has a new addition to its ranks of “blessed,” with the beatification of the Rev. Moisés Lira ...

On March 5, 2013, the death of Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan commandante of the Castro mold, was announced. A week later, the conclave began that would elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina ...

The ACC-SEC Challenge will mark the first true road game that Kentucky plays under Pope. Tue ... Feb. 1 Arkansas Lexington, Ky. Feb. 4 or 5 at Ole Miss Oxford Sat., Feb. 8 South Carolina Lexington ...