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Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

Out of the 135 voting cardinals, Pope Francis appointed 108, accounting for 80% of them. Pope Benedict XVI appointed 22, and John Paul II, 5. According to the Holy See Press Office, there are ten U.S.

As religion blends with politics in Texas, Houston Cardinal DiNardo asks for prayer as he and the College of Cardinals vote ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the ...

“Our hearts are heavy, but filled with hope and filled with gratitude for all that Pope Francis has given to the church and ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died on Easter Monday, April 21, from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart ...

Pope Francis, who visited the U.S. multiple times during his 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church but never to Houston ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance as pontiff on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica with a remarkably normal, ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided over the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was 88. Francis had served as pope for 12 eventful years, ...