The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and social action.

Francis consistently rebuked Trump and the Republican Party, as well as the many U.S. Catholic bishops and priests who support them. He even asked an associate to read JD Vance a long statement on the ...

In his book Life in the Negative World, Renn lists the proclamation of the gospel as one of his aims—and when he and I spoke ...

The first medical students at Belmont University's Frist College of Medicine participate in a pediatric clinic. For the first ...

CNN By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

In changes made by Pope Francis last year, his body was not placed in three wooden coffins, as it had been for previous popes.

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

A lot of unusual terms and Latin words will be thrown around in the coming days as the Vatican picks a new pope. Here's what ...