Holley said she hasn’t always gone to church, but it was Francis who brought her back to the pews. “He’s brought me closer to ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

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

There’s not a lot of bishops I can send a survivor to, says a clergy abuse group co-founder. But Shawn McNight is one. From: ...

WIBW reported new details yesterday about an Oklahoma man--who was originally from Seneca--who is accused of fatally shooting ...

Court documents released Friday revealed that an Oklahoma man accused of shooting and killing a priest told authorities that ...