In 'Life', Pope Francis told his story for the first time, sharing the origins of ideas that characterised his papacy.

“Americanism” has often been called a “phantom heresy”, blamed on a French translation of a biography of Father Isaac Hecker, ...

Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv, issued a statement directing that the ancient liturgy would henceforth be celebrated in an ...

I don’t think he’s the kind of man who sends coded messages,” Cardinal Michael Czerny says in this exclusive interview with ...

He saw ‘Lord of the World’ (1907) as an ‘antidote’ to ‘worldly totalitarianism.’ ...

As much as Leo has echoed Francis, the first American pope has staked out differences, too. VATICAN CITY — As he has done in ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...

Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

The rite of the closing of the coffin took place at 8 p.m. local time Friday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, officials said. During the rite, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, interim manager of the Vatican ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Kukah, has finally commented on the call for an African Pope, which became ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope on May 8, following Pope Francis’ death on April 21. The ...