The Samnites were Italic tribes that migrated from Central Europe to the mountainous south-central region of Italy in the 9th ...

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years and became a global symbol of humility, compassion and ...

Small nations and states will seek their place under the sun, while the great powers will demand that they renounce their moral wealth—above all, their ...

A look at nine cardinals being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 on Monday.

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 ... and steadily rose through the ranks of the Catholic hierarchy in Argentina before being appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires ...

Pope Francis implemented during his pontificate a number of significant measures—from reforming the Roman Curia to combating sexual abuse ... mandatory reporting by clerics to their hierarchy, and the ...

Two years ago Pope Francis chose Prevost to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, handing ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Guesses about who the next Roman Catholic pope will often prove ... the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been considered a possible contender since Francis made him a cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... Pope Francis had paid a three-day visit to the Republic in September 2024, the first by a pontiff ...

Francis greets people in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo [File ... he became the head of Argentina’s Jesuits, a Roman Catholic order of priests. Back then, he was a stern ...