"It's amazing to be able to see so many people gather and celebrate Pope Benedict and celebrate the church." Fr. Ben Valentine of Dubuque, Iowa, said he just happened to be in Rome on an already ...

ROMA, 04 GEN - An Italian artist has dotted Rome with images of a black pope in his fresh satirical attacks on the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church's ruling bodies. "Habemus Papam, nero!" ...

The Vatican said the health of Pope Benedict, 95, worsened on Wednesday. ROME and LONDON -- A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's health had worsened within a few hours ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal change.” The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione ...

ROME, (WWLP) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral mass takes place at St. Peter’s Square Thursday, with Pope Francis serving as celebrant. Thousands of people flocked to St. Peter’s ...

It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 and the Congolese army forced her ...

The remains of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI were interred in the crypt beneath St Peter’s Basilica in Rome following a funeral Mass on Thursday morning celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re ...

People continue to line up in Rome to say farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XIV (16th). 65,000 mourners paid their respects on Monday, and about 70,000 more Tuesday, far more than many officials ...

Pope Francis says he hasn’t even considered issuing norms to regulate future papal resignations. In his first interview since ...

The Diocese of Rome will offer a special Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Friday afternoon. The Mass was announced Dec. 29 by Cardinal Angelo De Donatis ...

ROME - "Habemus Papam, nero!" ("We have a black Pope!"): is the artistic cry launched in Rome by an innovative performance of the artist Pep Marchegiani, who is part of a long tradition of satire ...