Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 ...

While Ireland has long grappled with the legacy of abuse within Catholic church institutions, the latest revelations shed light on how dozens of schools allegedly harbored serial abusers for decades.

Spain’s National Police have arrested one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, a man accused of murdering a Catholic priest and injuring a nun in August 1991 in the town of Paloznak, Hungary.

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, two senior figures in the Catholic Church gave very different reactions. In one corner was Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United ...