Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is ready to accept a single date for all Christians to celebrate Easter.

A remote Shetland island is celebrating its traditional New Year's Day - two weeks after other parts of the world. Foula - which is home to fewer than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern ...

Pope Francis on Monday formalized the retirement of Cardinal Wilton Gregory by announcing his successor as archbishop of Washington, D.C. Gregory previously served as the seventh bishop of the ...

This shift marked the beginning of a more structured electoral procedure. To expedite elections, in 1274 Pope Gregory X introduced the conclave system, sequestering the cardinals and rationing ...