CINCINNATI -- The Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses says Pope Francis told her to "stay strong" during his historic visit to the United States last week. "It was really ...

A Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples secretly met Pope Francis in a move that disappointed many liberal Catholics and encouraged ...

Pope Francis made waves back in 2013 after he mildly suggested that it was OK for gay Catholics to join the priesthood. “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis' meeting with Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, "should not be considered ...

A bill working its way to the Governors desk would prohibit magistrates from giving a personal recognizance bond to people arrested for a felony. Alex Mayer out as West Virginia DoHS Secretary, ...