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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.

While the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, the Catholic Church is preparing to choose a new leader. Cardinals are traveling to Vatican City from all over the world to take ...