Initial negotiations have begun between the Order of the Holy Sepulcher and Bill Gates’s Four Seasons chain about the potential opening of a luxury hotel near St. Peter’s Basilica.

The Catholic Church needs to strive continually to make sure it is focusing on the essentials of Christian faith -- Jesus and charity -- and not "get lost in so many secondary things," Pope Francis...

Pope Francis said the Vatican office that deals with religious orders can permit men's communities that are made up of both priests and brothers to choose one of the brothers to be a provincial...