Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.

The yearbook tracks the Catholic population, both by a head count of the baptized in each country and as a percentage of the world's population.

John Paul liked scrambled eggs on bacon for breakfast. Benedict spent his free time playing the piano, reading, listening to classical music.

Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed the possibility of allowing local bishops rather than the Vatican decide on certain matters.

The Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16-to 29-year-olds around the world.

Largely forgotten today, Ignaz von Döllinger was one of the most widely respected Catholic intellectuals of his day.