One cousin has already refused to accept the inheritance; four others have not yet responded. If they are smart, they will turn it down as well.

The Vatican has governance norms when a pope resigns or dies, but none of those regulations apply to a sick, unconscious or hospitalized pope.

Pope Francis’ peace envoy to Ukraine met President Volodymyr Zelensky amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam that Zelensky blamed on “Russian terrorists.”

A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.

In a May 25 video posted to Twitter, Bishop Robert Barron, a former LA auxiliary, said the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “can only be described as an anti-Catholic hate group.”

Ireland is becoming less religious, and the percentage of residents who identify as Catholic is down to 69% according to census data. More people identify with "no religion" than in previous years.