No sledgehammer against sinners on the fringe, yes—but what of the scalpel? Did the synodal pope cede the helm of his field hospital church?...

CBS News' foreign correspondent Seth Doane reports from Rome on the controversy over charges of sexual abuse by priests and allegations of c...

Pigama Traditional Latin Mass celebrated in Rome. Starting on July 8, no parish churches will be permitted to celebrate the Tradi...

The Last of Us is creeping up the Nielsen streaming charts thanks to the debut of Season 2, but You Season 5 was the big winner for April 21...

Little children hug Pope Francis as part of an audience with the Casa dello Spirito e delle Arti Foundation, in the Vatican’s Clementine Hal...

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May...

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost speaks at St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox, Illinois, on Aug. 7, 2024.

Prevost, 69, will be know as Pope Leo XIV

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to begin.

As cardinals gather to elect the next pope, they would do well to avoid some of the many failings of previous conclaves.

VATICAN CITY: With no official campaign nor list of candidates and an election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succe...

Abaca Press A white rose lays on the tomb of Pope Francis on the first day of its opening to the public in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica i...

Vatican Media Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981...

Vatican Media A member of the Papal Foundation greets Pope Francis with a personalized New Orleans Saints jersey, Friday, April 12, 2024....