St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

Regina Coeli address during Easter, Pope Leo XIV gave pilgrims a surprise and sang the traditional Marian prayer, and prayed ...

The treatise was written by Benedict while he was still a cardinal under Pope John Paul II. John Paul endorsed ... found that there were approximately 11.3 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S ...

Concluding a series of special reports for The Irish News from the Vatican, Martin O’Brien heard from the new pontiff at an ...

John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 — was elected on the fourth ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013. The longest conclave in ...

Of the 266 popes elected throughout the history of the Catholic Church, 11 popes are known for their very brief papal terms.

As much as Leo has echoed Francis, the first American pope has staked out differences, too. VATICAN CITY — As he has done in ...

He said he had passed up an opportunity to see Pope John Paul II when he visited Boston in 1979. "I regretted it all my life," he said. "This was very moving." The crowd was also entertained by ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Black smoke has appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for a second day, signalling that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during their two ...