The election of a new pope is both mysterious and theatrical. The spectacle draws huge crowds and global attention—and yet ...

The cardinals were invited to visit the pope's tomb and pray vespers, which was presided over by Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

Zion Lutheran Church, designed by Oregon’s most famous architect and the first modern sacred space in Portland, will ...

In the South, we grew to like Sunday mornings. The churches were open even for sinners of a Catholic persuasion. I was a ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral ...

Tucson police are investigating allegations that a longtime member of the Golden Dawn Tabernacle molested a boy in 2012 and the church’s pastor ... put a small object inside of her vagina ...

The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ...

Outside the Baclaran Church in metro Manila, 23-year-old Jeslie Generan said ... I thought it was fake news." Inside the ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity ...

The Dicastery for the Clergy published a decree, approved by Pope Francis, aiming to clarify and regulate Mass intentions, ...

In the bustling streets of Manila, Rey Ravago, a 64-year-old drag queen, fights for LGBTQ rights in a country where discrimination runs deep.