Francis noted that in the novel, “everyone seems listless and passive, it seems obvious that the sick should be gotten rid of ...

Benedict is "deeply grateful for the understanding, support, and prayers" VATICAN CITY, Feb. 27, 2013— -- On his final full day as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI ...

Irish prophet Malachy predicted the world will end after reign of current Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Benedict XVI had initiated the feast day as part of his efforts to unify China’s estimated 12 million Catholics who were divided between an official, state-controlled church that didn’t ...

(Twenty-two were appointed by Benedict, and 5 by Pope John Paul II.) The conclave, illustrated: The step-by-step process used to elect new pope to succeed Pope Francis How long will a conclave take?

The last time this happened, in 2013, Catholics weren't mourning the death of the Holy Father; instead, they were reeling from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something that hadn't happened ...

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way ...

But in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI added the qualification that conclaves can start earlier if all the cardinal electors have arrived in Rome and decide to move forward the start date.

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the Holy Spirit fits in.