The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...

It’s been a big week for the papacy. From Pope Francis' sassy selection of a new Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (a frequent ...

Pope Francis has named a nun to head a prominent office at the Vatican, the first time a woman has held that position and the ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

After the election of Donald Trump, pundits speculated on how Pope Francis would react to a U.S. president who opposed his ...

The unusual decision to has sparked discussion about the intersection of traditional Church hierarchy and Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis has denounced the "scourge" of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

Pope Francis appointed Robert McElroy as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a blatant act of opposition to ...

In a latest development it has been known that Pope Francis pretty recently appointed a major sharp critic of US President- ...

Attorneys representing alleged victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Tuesday ...