VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

Their exact title is cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Gathered in the College of Cardinals, presided over by a dean -- currently the 91-year-old Italian Giovanni Battista Re -- they form the top ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the Holy Roman Church, who has taken the name of Leo XIV. The cardinals gathered from all over the world to elect the pope with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

The death of the pope triggers a series of of events that have been enshrined in the traditions of the Catholic Church for centuries -- so after Pope Francis' death at 88 on Monday, here's what ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV doubled down on Friday on his appeal for unity in the polarized Catholic Church , urging priests to act ...

Pope Francis nominated Farrell in 2019 to be the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church with the responsibility of administering the property and revenues of the Holy See.

Pope Francis, who oversaw a groundbreaking pontificate as the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died. He was 88. The pope’s death was announced by the Vatican on ...

He also oversaw the ecumenical council at Chalcedon in A.D. 451, which is where the Roman Catholic Church affirmed the dual nature of Christ as divine and human. Pope Leo I set a high bar for all ...

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, presiding over the entombment of the late Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, April 26, 2025.