Advocates for Catholic clergy sexual abuse victims are ... Critics say his involvement sends a harmful message of impunity within Church leadership. Pope Francis’s funeral is set to differ ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...

As Divine Mercy Sunday celebrates the 90th anniversary of the first celebration in 1935, a celebration that was made official for the universal Church in 2000, Marian Father Chris Alar ...

In the wake of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, he exemplified this dedication by making daily phone calls to the Holy Family Church in Gaza - the only Catholic parish in the ...

Christians from Gaza's only Catholic church have paid tribute to Pope Francis, who called them "every day" during the Israel-Hamas war. Speaking outside the Holy Family Church on Easter Monday ...

(AP production by Silvia Stellacci) Pope Francis prays at Israel’s separation barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentine who moved to liberalize the Catholic Church, dramatically ... the Archdiocese of New York. “My heart goes out to the millions of ...

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.

When a pope dies, the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals calls ... The election of a pope is a deeply consequential decision for the Catholic Church, whose followers number some 1.3 billion ...

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church was as unlikely as it was unprecedented.

You can get in touch with Jenna by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English The Catholic Church is preparing to select a new leader following the death of Pope Francis. As the College of ...

"His election in 2013 will be seen as a kind of tectonic shift in the life of the Church," Michael Sean Winters, a longtime writer for the National Catholic ... even heart-wrenching ways, without ...