Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life 'on wings ...

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

President Donald Trump stood alongside first lady Melania Trump and a person dressed in a large pink rabbit costume on the ...

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 ...

He helped L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics feel more at home in their church. And that meant their families and friends also felt more at ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

In his prepared homily, the pope exhorted Christians to “experience the great miracle of mercy” by accompanying Jesus in his ...

A Florida high school teacher was excused from her role after referring to a student by their preferred name without their parents’ permission ... “Her goal was to make everyone feel welcome,” the ...

Every year on Good Friday, Christians meditate on the depth of Jesus’ sacrifice for us in suffering a humiliating, bloody death by crucifixion. It’s a time to dwell on what Jesus suffered for us, in ...

We live in a world that is saturated with names, celebrity names, brand names, political names, yet one name still stands above them all: Jesus. In his latest installment of The Prophet’s Teaching ...