Crowds of Roman Catholic pilgrims in Rio de Janeiro have joined Pope Francis for a re-enactment of Jesus carrying the…
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics have gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the World…
Pope Francis has begun the Catholic Church's most important liturgical season with a Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican. 250,000 pilgrims…
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected the 266th Roman Catholic Church's new Pope. The Argentine…
Cardinals have begun voting to elect a new Pope at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors were locked in…
Thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican for Pope Benedict XVI's final general audience. The Pope…
Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI has amended Roman Catholic Church law so that the conclave selecting his successor…
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned "unregulated capitalism" for contributing to world tension, in 2013 New Year address to worshippers. The…
Patriarch Fouad Twal, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem, has voiced his support for a Palestinian state during…
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha and six others have been named as saints by Pope Benedict XVI at the start of…
The Roman Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has confirmed that more than 600 children have been sexually…
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has described the Roman Catholic Church as being "200 years behind" the times. Cardinal Carlo Maria…