Pope Francis, the pontiff who challenged tradition, leaves the Catholic Church at a crossroad to choose his successor ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' ...

Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti’s central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a ...

Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state ...

Pope Francis taught the church that the magisterium finds its clarity not merely in propositions but in acts of mercy.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A diverse cast of cardinals gathering at the Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral will soon turn to voting ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday (Apr 28), a week after ...

Jesus ‘wants us to bring to him all mankind, especially all sinners, and immerse them in the ocean of his mercy so we can really be renewed as a nation, as a country.’ ...

A seven-year battle over whether New Jersey can investigate allegations of decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the ...

It is certainly not a novelty. The 'papal betting pool' has always been part of the popular logic of the Church, and it was ...

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have been marked by policy moves that led to turbulence in both domestic and ...

Many admirers around the world, especially Catholics, have been surprised why our favorite and best loved Pope Francis, who recently left all of us in misery, stayed in a different apartment, from all ...