On Feb. 28, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body." ...

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown.

Daniela Petroff, who helped shape The Associated Press’ fashion and Vatican coverage for nearly four decades with style, ...

Pope Leo XIV will make a 10-day trip through Africa visiting four countries in a trip seen as significant to Catholics in the continent.

Pope Leo XIV may be less inclined to stick his thumb in the eye of the conservative resistance, but he's no less committed to Pope Francis' agenda.

Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, the Archbishop Emeritus of Dar es Salaam and one of Tanzania’s most prominent Catholic leaders, has died at the age of 81.

In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...

Msgr. Stika coordinated an event that was one of the most historic in the life of the Archdiocese of St. Louis: the visit of St. John Paul II.

POLYCARP Cardinal Pengo, who died on February 19, 2026 at the age of 81, was one of the most influential Catholic leaders in Tanzania’s modern history, serving for nearly three decades as Archbishop ...

Mel Gibson is getting input for his 'Resurrection of the Christ' from an excommunicated archbishop who once called Pope Francis ‘a servant of satan.' ...

HIS Eminence, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, was a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Dar es ...

ROME — A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group on Thursday rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks, suggesting a collision course with Pope Leo XIV over its planned consecrations of new bishops ...