VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals. Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise ...

While the pope's visit was analyzed for political implications in a city already consumed by next year's U.S. presidential election, for Catholics and many other Americans Francis' six-day, three-city ...

Pope Francis said in a recent interview that the violence that broke out at the United States Capitol building on Wednesday "must be condemned." "Violence is always like this," the Pope said in ...

He said he hopes and believes "that in God's grace I will be Archbishop of Washington for many years to come." ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington, ending weeks of mounting speculation and rising anger over Wuerl's role in two clergy sexual ...

The death of Pope Francis on April 21 resulted in an increase of people watching the 2024 film “Conclave” from home. The movie is available on various PVOD platforms and is currently streaming on ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's new ambassador to the Vatican, a right-wing Catholic who was sharply critical of Pope Francis, tried to sweeten his diplomacy on Saturday in a ...