The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis nudged the Catholic Church toward change. His successor can see it through ― or take the church back.

If the city-state that shelters the successors of Saint Peter had the earthly norms of the rest, it would be technically ...

The Pope aimed to foster a more participatory and missionary Church by emphasizing greater lay involvement, strengthening ...

Hundreds of people – including leaders of various faiths – attend a memorial Mass for Pope Francis at Chicago’s Holy Name ...

He was God’s choice for the Church at this time” Bishop Joseph Williams gives his Homily during Mass in remembrance ...

Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, throngs returned to recite the Marian prayer for the repose of his soul after ...

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults ...

The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

Just a few blocks from his childhood home, on Monday evening, the Basilica de San José de Flores in Buenos Aires was packed ...