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

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

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.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it ...

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms ...

For more perspective on the life and legacy of Pope Francis, Amna Nawaz spoke with Rev. Thomas Reese, a senior analyst for Religion News Service and author of “Inside the Vatican: The Politics and ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, leaves behind a legacy of both upholding and altering Catholic Church teachings. He ...

POPE FRANCIS once defined his idea of heaven as “to go out one day, without being recognised, and go to a pizzeria.” The ...

Iman Hijaze was raised in a culturally Shiite Muslim household and considered herself an atheist until she picked up a rosary ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

A Catholic nun and theologian has praised Pope Francis for placing women in decision-making positions within the Church but ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...