At the Second Vatican Council in 1965 Catholic bishops from around the world declared, "In a wonderful manner conscience reveals that law which is fulfilled by love of God and neighbor." The words ...

A new book marks the first anniversary of Leo XIV’s election with a closer look at the papal son of Chicago’s melting pot.

Pope Leo XIV has paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope Francis, on the first anniversary of his death, reflecting on Francis’s powerful message of divine mercy and his unwavering commitment to the ...

The pope's name helps indicate what direction he wants to take the church.

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

For a whole generation of Argentinian Catholics, Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been the major inspiration for their pastoral work over the past three decades. Although many of these priests and lay ...

The photograph in question is authentic but was shot in 2008, not 1998, by photographer Pablo Leguizamon for The Associated Press. At the time, Pope Francis was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

As world leaders gather in the Vatican today for the funeral mass of Pope Francis, among the will be just one member of Pope Francis's family, his nephew Mauro Bergoglio. Here, a guide to the late ...

The battle over Pope Francis’ reforms opened with a coordinated attack against guidance that eased restrictions on divorced and remarried parishioners receiving communion. Four conservative bishops ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...