I praise God for it because it helped to form me and shape me to be the bishop that I am,” he said of his time in the Diocese of Belleville.

The decision struck many Vatican observers as an odd choice for an institution that usually tries to select conciliatory bishops for key positions. McElroy, a San Diego native who

McElroy of San Diego has been appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, following Pope Francis' acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, the Vatican announced Jan. 6.

Joy has hosted distinguished speakers such as St. Louis radio and TV personality Carol Daniels, American Catholic Church’s Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory, and Edwardsville School District’s ...

The Vatican City State’s first decree regulating the use of artificial intelligence quietly came into effect this month prohibiting discriminatory uses of AI and establishing a special ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

HAVANA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Tuesday his government would "gradually" release 553 prisoners following talks with the Vatican, a decision announced just ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...

A new tour of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo is opening in the spring for jubilee pilgrims who wish to escape the crowds in Rome for a day and immerse ...

The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests - as long as they remain celibate. In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the highest U.S. civilian honor, the White House announced on Saturday. Biden, the nation's second ...

The assembled cardinals of all countries must be confined within the Vatican’s quarters, meeting each day to vote – and vote again – until a majority coalesces around the choice of a new Pope.