This month in Florida, a national Catholic education group is bringing together teachers and school administrators for one of the largest private education gatherings in the nation. More than ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis. With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm. By Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias report ...

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the conclave, a gathering of cardinals, chooses the next pope 15 to 20 days after the vacancy. This would put the meeting start date between ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21 at age 88. Pope Francis' emphasis on compassion and inclusivity brought a renewed sense of hope to many Catholics like me.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later this month over what would be the first religious public charter school in the United States, in a case that finds Republican Oklahoma ...

Francis declared his wish to be buried in a “simple” tomb in the ground at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a significant Catholic church and papal basilica. He had arranged for an ...

Although he didn’t name names, he also seemed to rebut Vice President JD Vance’s recent interpretation of a Catholic theological concept. Vance, who is Catholic, met briefly with Francis at ...

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Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.