The former prefect of the papal household and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI drew deeply on the late ...

Everyone knows that Pope Leo is the first pontiff from the United States. Everyone, that is, but the Vatican – at least when ...

The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of Canterbury.

VATICAN CITY -- A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's health had worsened within a few hours, a Vatican official updated Thursday that he "is absolutely lucid and alert." ...

Bishop Michael W. Fisher of the Buffalo Diocese returned from a week-long visit to the Vatican, where he met with His ...

Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Febraury 28 at 8pm Rome time. The 85-year old German pontiff made his announcement in Latin to cardinals, who were gathered in Rome to vote on the proclamation of new ...

The mayor of Marktl am Inn, the tiny village in Upper Bavaria where Pope Benedict XVI was born, is surprised to hear his village’s favorite son will be stepping down, but says it won’t be bad for ...

After a weeklong visit to the Vatican, Bishop Michael W. Fisher has returned to Western New York, and is sharing details ...

Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years, likes to work from real life. “I am so meticulous about details. I have to see and touch and feel everything,” she said.

The first time he met a pope, Mexican craftsman Hilario Hernández travelled to the Vatican as the guardian of the fragile ...