Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Catholic cardinals acknowledged Wednesday the definitive word is still out about the Vatican trial that convicted Cardinal ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died on Wednesday 30 April in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age ...

While waiting for the announcement of the next leader of the Catholic Church, here is a list of movies to keep you occupied ...

Whoever is chosen as the next pope will inherit a Catholic Church that is facing some of its toughest challenges in decades.

Martin Scorsese is producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in ...

A week before the conclave to choose a new pope opens, preparatory talks intensified Wednesday as cardinals sounded out ...

New information about Pope Francis will be revealed soon as Martin Scorsese announced that he is producing a documentary film ...

Pope Francis saw priests’ embrace of the trappings of power as a “cancer” corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff.

A British woman has become the oldest person in the world following the death of a nun, who survived two World Wars – and was ...

The conclave will have 135 cardinals, with Asian cardinals forming a visible 17 percent of them. African cardinals number 18 ...

Hungary's conservative Cardinal Peter Erdo is a respected expert on canon law known for his openness toward other religions.