Gregory smiles during the procession following his May 21, 2019 Mass of Installation as archbishop of Washington at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Catholic Standard Andrew Biraj) Before Cardinal Wilton Gregory made history in November 2020 when he became the first African American cardinal in the Catholic Church after being elevated by Pope Francis,
Pope Francis described Donald Trump's migrant deportations as a "major crisis" Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president's border czar, who told the pontiff to "stick to the Catholic
Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an optional memorial. The decree issued Feb. 11 by the Vatican noted the influence of St.
Following the death or resignation of a pope, the Catholic Church elects a new pope through an election by cardinals who meet in a conclave Pope Francis remained hospitalized Wednesday, five days after he was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital with a respiratory infection.
In winning the guild’s top award, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set drama triumphed just as the Catholic Church was praying for the health of Pope Francis, who remained in critical condition Sunday after an asthmatic respiratory...
People across Latin America prayed for Pope Francis, the first leader of the Catholic Church to come from the region, as the Vatican reported on Saturday the Argentina-born pontiff was in critical condition in a Rome hospital.
Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double pneumonia following a respiratory infection.
What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis' age and prolonged illness have raised questions about whether he might resign, and revived interest about how papal power is exercised.
Pope Francis' overall clinical condition is "improving slightly" and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican said Thursday, as some of his cardinals cheered him on and insisted that the Catholic Church was very much alive and well even in his absence.