ROME — Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis' recent ...

6 fall. Pope Francis wasn't the only man wearing white during the Dec. 7 Vatican ceremony when he created 21 new cardinals. Among those churchmen elevated to the Catholic Church's most elite body ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Vatican on Monday assigned a California bishop to lead the Archdiocese of Washington as a new face to help guide D.C.'s over half-million Catholics as the region, and the ...

Most of them were killed during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for the church work they did ...

But if the profiles of the U.S. cardinals are any guide, these are as tendentious as the list of papabili ... Reputedly going over the heads of his Vatican advisers, Francis appointed Cupich ...

Some cardinals live in Rome and hold ... prestigious dioceses such as Milan or Paris. Vatican observers closely scrutinise the list, seeing in it a possible indication of the future priorities ...

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan, left, is greeted by fellow cardinals after being elevated by Pope Francis during a solemn Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was seen with a significant bruise on his chin Saturday, but presided over a ceremony to install new cardinals without apparent problems. A Vatican spokesman said ...