The Vatican

Hicks takes over one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses after Dolan, who is retiring, established a $300 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse.

Discussions over women becoming deacons, who are ordained and can assist with services but cannot celebrate Mass, have convulsed the 1.4 billion-member Church.

The pope praised cinema's power to elevate stories often left out of the mainstream.

The Vatican insists the items were "gifts" to Pope Pius XI, but Indigenous groups and experts have long called for their return.

The event marked the first time since the Reformation that the heads of the two Christian churches, divided for centuries, have prayed together.

The Chicago native and noted White Sox fan joked to a crowd about the Cubs' recent elimination from the postseason.

The pope, who didn't single out any country for its treatment of migrants, called on Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters.”

Diane Foley was one of the featured speakers at a special Vatican vigil service in St. Peter’s Basilica on the eve of a Holy Year event honoring all those who suffer.

Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in 2006, has two miracles attributed to him.

Several LGBTQ groups participated in the pilgrimage to the Vatican for the Jubilee Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of Catholicism.