Topline: Most Catholic churches in the Italian capital will stay open after all with a Friday reversal of the Diocese of Rome’s earlier direction to close churches until April 3 out of concerns ...

As the pope and church leaders meet in Rome to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s future, they face a chasm between conservatives and progressives in the pews. An exterior statue of Jesus ...

At a time when the fate of refugees and migrants is becoming increasingly uncertain, faith-based organizations in Rome say ...

The Catholic Church reintroduced handshakes during mass, according to a report Saturday. The continued loosening of pandemic-era protocols by the church was relayed in a letter from the Italian ...

The Jubilee Year of Hope, observed from December 2024 through December 2025, is drawing Catholic pilgrims from around the ...

In any case, indulgences and jubilee years have remained enormously popular and profitable for the Catholic Church and for the city of Rome. RASCOE: So how is Rome preparing for all these pilgrims ...

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex ...

The pope is the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome. The title "pope" comes from the Greek word "pappas," meaning "father." The role of the pope dates back to Saint ...

In the coming days, the pope will be mourned, eulogized and laid to rest as the head of the Catholic Church, bishop of Rome and sovereign leader of Vatican City Then, the College of Cardinals ...

Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex ...