Rather than flee the Soviet violence in 1945, heroic Polish sisters chose to remain with those they cared for. They were ...

On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła in Poland, visited his home country for the first time as pontiff, ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church closed years ago.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some things to know ...

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the Ukrainian bishop in charge of the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Melbourne, as evidence that he retains his Cardinal rights. Becciu, 77, has flown from his Sardinian home and is in Rome ...

Mykola Bychok is the youngest cardinal in the Catholic Church and the only one with a link to Australia. He will join the conclave to elect a new pope.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...

26, 2015, at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Chris Knight/Special to The Morning Call) Church leaders move the Icon from the World Meeting of Families before Pope ...