Priests and new converts to the Roman Catholic Church cited numerous reasons for why young Americans in their 20s and 30s are ...

Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.

Not only was Pope Francis the the first Jesuit pope, but he was the first pope from the Americas. He was born in Buenos Aires ...

During his 12 years of service as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis often became a subject of criticism ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

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The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

During Francis’ time as pope, he spoke on a wide array of controversial and political issues, including immigration, same-sex ...

The Vatican said the Catholic leader, who suffered from chronic lung disease and recently spent 38 days in the hospital for a ...

A Roman Catholic priest is facing five felony counts of child ... Father Jaime Arriaga, 41, remains in the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail on no bail after pleading not guilty Monday ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

The Archdiocese of Hartford boasted its biggest class of seminarians in 20 years — five men — last year and will see its largest class “in many decades” this fall, when 10 Connecticut men will begin ...