Catholics across the bistate and the world came together for special masses Sunday praying for the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV ...

a mission was maintained for the benefit of early French settlers as well as Potawatomie Native American converts to the Catholic faith, the release states. The present church building dates to ...

Pope Francis, who has died aged 88 after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church, was probably the most famous Argentinian who ever lived. Born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis ...

What direction should the Catholic Church take under the next pope? The late pontiff’s emphasis on social and economic justice, advocacy for migrants and openness to debate on homosexuality and ...

People visit the Baoding Catholic church in Baoding, China's northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images Reporter When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest ... His feminism may have been framed in Catholic terms but extended into ...

After a nine-day mourning period and funeral for Pope Francis, known as the Novendia, the Catholic Church will arrange the next conclave ... Schoenborn, 80, the archbishop of Vienna, Austria, was a ...

Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action. By Jason Horowitz In Vatican City When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the ...

In the wake of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, he exemplified this dedication by making daily phone calls to the Holy Family Church in Gaza - the only Catholic parish in the ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...