One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Is now the time for the Catholic Church to pick its first black pope? Church leaders in Africa appear split on how likely that is to happen. It would be "quite some miracle," according to Matthias ...

One of the pope’s top lieutenants, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, is expected to throw his weight behind Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria, who would become the first black pope. Latin American ...

Pope Francis was handed a “large white box” full of documents on “abuse” and “dark dealings” in the Catholic Church over a ...

The pope said: ‘These nativity scenes remind us of those who, in the land where the Son of God was born, continue to suffer due to the tragedy of war.’ The keffiyeh, a black and white scarf ...