The image of Trump as the pope just days after our revered Pope Francis died shows why he's a terrible model for morality.

The unvirginal hands of a gay man decorated the walls and ceilings the most famous church in the world: the Sistine Chapel.

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...

While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends Mass every weekday at noon ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election ... crucial decisions that have marked the millennia-long life of the Church. Its symbolic proximity to the site of St. Peter’s martyrdom ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

Before the doors were shut, leaders of the Catholic church from over 70 countries – the largest conclave in history — filed into the 15th century Sistine Chapel and — wearing robes from ...

the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the Church. The renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within ...

VATICAN CITY – Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.