The bishops privately cast their vote after nearly three hours of debate.

U.S. Catholic bishops have debated heatedly over how to address concerns about Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, who continue to receive Communion despite supporting abortion rights

Divisions have flared up among U.S. Catholic bishops as they opened a national meeting highlighted by a sensitive agenda item: a possible rebuke of Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, who receive Communion while supporting abortion rights

Pope Francis has tapped a South Korean bishop to lead the Vatican office responsible for the world’s 400,000 Catholic priests

Pope Francis has refused to accept the resignation of German Cardinal Reinhard Marx over the sex abuse scandal in the church

Pope Francis has met with UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin and other soccer officials to offer his blessings before the European Championship kicks off in Rome

European evaluators are warning that the Vatican’s efforts to investigate and prosecute financial crimes are suffering from understaffing and inexperience

Three men had claimed the Chicago priest sexually abused them as children.

She was stabbed 19 times by three teen girls apparently fascinated by Satan.

The Rev. James Altman calls himself "a lowly priest" serving a blue-collar city.

A leading German cardinal and confidant of Pope Francis has offered to resign over the church’s mishandling of clergy sexual abuse scandals and declared that the church had arrived at “a dead end.”

He asked for prayers for Lebanon itself so it can enjoy “a more serene future.”

Pope Francis is sending envoys to the German archdiocese of Cologne to investigate possible mistakes by senior church officials in handling past sexual abuse cases and the “complex pastoral situation” in the deeply divided church there

Cardinal Pell was convicted and then acquitted of sex abuse charges in Australia

Pope Francis has named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P

Pope Francis is adding his voice to the chorus of alarm about Italy’s falling population, which the coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated

Pope Francis has met with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, months after Argentina legalized abortion despite a personal appeal from the pontiff and opposition from the local Catholic Church

Pope Francis has formally created a new lay ministry to encourage greater participation of secular women and men in the teaching of the Catholic faith, especially in places where priests are in short supply

A magistrate slain by mobsters has been beatified by the Roman Catholic church.

Pope Francis is denouncing “aggressive” nationalism that rejects migrants in his annual message for migrants and refugees

A former Virginia priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor four decades ago

Pope Francis prays for a return of what he calls “a horizon of hope and peace.”

Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals about his intent to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct

Pope Francis set a 40-euro ($48) gift cap for all Vatican employees in one of his biggest efforts yet to crack down on corruption in the Holy See

A Roman Catholic diocese in Minnesota says Pope Francis asked its bishop to resign after he was investigated by the Vatican for allegedly interfering with past investigations into clergy sexual abuse

Pope Francis once again confronts the specter of COVID-19 during Holy Week and Easter.

Pope Francis has named a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to serve on a Vatican commission that advises the pontiff on how to protect children from pedophile priests

A Belgian bishop has lashed out at the Vatican over its decree that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions

Pope Francis has made a dramatic appeal for bloodshed to end in Myanmar

The Vatican’s edict that same-sex unions cannot be blessed because they are sinful has been met with criticism by rights activists and gay Catholics in parts of the Asia-Pacific region as inconsistent and out of step with contemporary community standards

Francis has endorsed providing legal protections for same-sex couples.

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church won't bless same-sex unions, saying that God “cannot bless sin.”

Pope Francis says he weighed the risks of a high-profile trip to Iraq during the coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis held a historic meeting with religious groups and Iraq's top Shiite cleric.

The pontiff called for unity and forgiveness for Muslim extremists as he visited multiple churches destroyed by ISIS.

Pope Francis held mass at a stadium in Erbil, where some 10,000 people gathered to cheer his arrival.

How his historic trip brought a message of peace to a city that was pillaged by ISIS only four years ago.

Pope Francis urged Iraqi Christians to forgive injustices committed against them

The pope reached out to Iraq’s Shia Muslim community in his historic visit to the country.

In a stop rich in symbolism, Pope Francis will visit a church damaged during the Islamic State's reign of terror in the town of Qaraqosh, a center for Christian life in Iraq

The pope travelled to the holy city of Najaf and met one of the most powerful figures in Shia Islam, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Plus, Democrats have the votes to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief plan in the Senate, and primates at the San Diego Zoo have started receiving a COVID vaccine.

The pope brought a message of peace, reconciliation and tolerance to Iraq during his visit to the predominantly Muslim country. He was met by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

Pope Francis offered his help to bridge religious divides in the country.

Some health experts are concerned the historic trip could become a COVID super-spreader event.

The Pope will urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put.

The pope visits despite violence escalating and COVID cases rising throughout the country.

Pope Francis touched down in Iraq on Friday morning in a first-ever Papal visit, as the war-torn country grapples with another wave of the coronavirus.

Pope Francis is traveling to Iraq on Friday in the country’s first papal visit. ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on how, after years of persecution, Christians are cautiously returning to Iraq.

"The Iraqi people are waiting for us," the pope said.