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Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

The pontiff’s goal of retaining Catholicism in China is directly at odds with President Xi’s growing restrictions on religion.

Formula E visited Rome for the first time in Season 4 (2017-2018) and has returned every year since, with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. On 11 April 2018, the electric single-seater championship even received the blessing of Pope Francis, to whom the car was presented outside…

The Vatican is trying to tampe down the latest tempest over the 1983 disappearance of a Vatican employee’s teenage daughter

Eli Cohen's visit aims to strengthen ties and address diplomatic issues in the region.

Cardinals serve as advisers to the pontiff on matters of teaching and administration, but their most crucial duty is gathering in secret conclave to decide the next pontiff.

Hong Kong’s newly named Roman Catholic cardinal says he hopes for reconciliation and wants the city to give young people more hope following the economic downturn and a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Increasingly, the men who will vote for whoever succeeds Francis are churchmen supportive of his values.

Pope Francis has announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, places where Catholics are a small minority

American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights

Pope Francis has selected a Jesuit priest known for his LGBTQ advocacy to take part in a weeks-long gathering of bishops and laypeople later this year.