Church of St. Jerome

This week clerical abuse survivors from around the world have flocked to Rome to mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s global summit on child protection, which took place at the Vatican in...

On Wednesday, Francis seemed to thoroughly enjoy a surprise expression of affection: A long, tender kiss planted on his forehead by a man in one of the front-row seats reserved for ailing or disabled...

Those who are meek are patient, gentle and merciful, drawing people together and salvaging relationships, Pope Francis said.

In the United States, there are 17 eparchies — dioceses — that belong to one of nine Eastern Catholic churches: the Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Maronite, Chaldean, Melkite, Syriac, Syro-Malabar, Armenian...

When the Vatican archives opens its doors to researchers in two weeks' time, it could help clear up controversy related to the legacy Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized for his actions during the...