A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

As the cardinals of the Catholic Church prepare to meet in the Conclave electing a successor to Pope Francis, various issues ...

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

Over the years, Pope Francis has welcomed multiple international celebrities to the Holy See. Some of these encounters have ...

Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino The 70-year-old veteran diplomat was Francis' secretary of state, essentially the Holy See's prime minister. Though associated closely with Francis' pontificate ...

Pope Francis' funeral is Saturday, and between now and then, you'll hear words and phrase such as College of Cardinals, coadjutor and Holy See, among the many other entries in the Catholic lexicon.

The Holy See confirmed details of the funeral for Pope Francis, noting it will begin on the first day of the Novendials nine-day mourning period. Here's everything you need to know about the Holy ...

Keith Pitt grew up a world away from the grandeur of Vatican City. Yet his roots in the Catholic Church run deep.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...