A picture showing priests and cardinals gathered around a Satanic-like figure in a black mass is circulating on social media, ...

Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it's getting more difficult to tell videos, voices and images ...

TORONTO - Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it’s getting more difficult to tell videos, voices and images generated with the technology from material that’s real — but he ...

Happy Sunday. Earlier this weekend in Rome, participants wrapped up meetings that Pope Francis earlier this year said he hoped would be “the permanent way of acting in the church”: the Synod ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

Known as “Queen Elizabeth of Houston,” Elizabeth Francis died this week at age 115, making her the oldest person in the United States and the third oldest person in the world. Francis was one ...

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...

The Synod on Synodality is the fifth synod of Pope Francis’ pontificate. It marks the first time he has chosen to forgo writing a post-synodal apostolic exhortation in favor of adopting the text ...

But the question of female ordination had been taken off the table and relegated to a separate study group that will present its findings to Pope Francis next summer. The final document ...

“Conclave” begins at a gathering to select a new pope in the name of God — though it becomes clear that selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church is not a holy affair. When the ...