WASHINGTON — (AP) — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a ...

Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former Newark archbishop and cardinal who was cast out of the ministry after decades-old sexual abuse allegations involving young men and boys ultimately came to ...

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

COMMENTARY: Looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s legacy in historical context underscores why so many people call him ‘John ...

Being a witness to hope, St. John Paul will continue to serve the people of the world far into the future. He left the earth ...

Francis' willingness to be seen in all his infirmity serves as an example to young and old alike that fragility is part of ...

On the night of March 12-13, 2013, just hours before Cardinal Jorge Bergolio would be elected pope, young adults were ...

Pope Francis is in 'good humour' and is 'recovering well' according to his close advisers despite 'toxic' conspiracy theories circulating which claim the ailing pontiff is 'really dead'.

no." Pope Francis has experienced several bouts of ill health over the last two years and is prone to lung infections because he had pleurisy as a young adult and had part of one lung removed.

Some Kentucky Wildcats fans driving to Milwaukee for the team's first-round men's NCAA tournament game against Troy will make the trip courtesy of the team's head coach, Mark Pope. Earlier this ...

For most of his hospital stay, including critical stages, the Vatican was publishing daily bulletins on the health of the Pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man. The Pope’s ...