Child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein once suggested giving Pope Francis an erotic massage—complete with a lewd joke about ...

The cross traced on the forehead echoes the sign first made at baptism and repeated throughout a Catholic’s sacramental life, ...

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"Francis reminded us that in order for the church to be a field hospital to a world suffering from Epstein's sickness, the ...

A new pope's first Lent offers a glimpse into his pastoral instincts and how he situates himself in relation to his ...

"We wish to serve the mission that defines the centre of the Catholic Church, universal by its very vocation," said Cardinal ...

John Allen, who has died of cancer aged 61, was the leading Vatican correspondent of his day, the editor of the American ...

Because the Church does not recognize divorce and Onassis’ first wife was still alive, the marriage was considered invalid ...

The Vatican criticized Jackie Kennedy’s 1968 marriage to Aristotle Onassis, but there was no formal condemnation by the pope or decree of excommunication.

Ash Wednesday arrives with questions for Christian critics and supporters as Trump administration’s mass immigration ...

Files detail 2019 messages about using a controversial Vatican book and broader clashes with the pontiff’s global agenda ...

I trudged through Spain as a rift grew within American Catholicism. I returned home with a renewed sense and understanding of faith.