The deceased cardinals and bishops "loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church," the pope said.

Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic bishops died within the last 12 months. Six U.S. bishops were among the deceased ...

The Swiss bishops forwarded the allegations to the Dicastery for Bishops in Rome, which shortly thereafter opened a canonical ...

Four conservative German Catholic bishops have sharply criticized the German reform process for going against that of the ...

The dismissal caps a bitter and divisive feud between the Carmelite nuns and Church authorities ranging from Fort Worth ...

A new bishop ordained in China shortly after the renewal of the Sino-Vatican agreement on appointment of bishops in the ...

China and the Vatican recently renewed their agreement on bishop appointments, this time for four years. What does that mean for the Catholic Church in China – and for Taiwan?

China and the Vatican announced Tuesday they were extending a historic deal on the appointment of bishops for another four ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — A group of Texas nuns engaged in a yearlong dispute with Catholic Church leadership has been ...

The gathering, which included cardinals, bishops and lay people from more than 110 countries, also did not take a stand on ...

Pope Francis’ child protection board has issued its first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church's efforts to address ...

A new assistant Catholic bishop for Beijing was ordained on Friday, three days after the Vatican and Chinese officials ...