Mass said they hoped Pope Leo, the first U.S-born pontiff, would focus on inclusivity and address ideological divides within ...

Tania Grubbs Quartet will perform as part of the Johnstown Concert Series at 3 p.m. May 18 at First Presbyterian Church, 309 ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV took many local members of the Catholic community by surprise, not because of the speed at which ...

According to tradition, St. Peter was the first ... He led the Church with humility and love, championing the poor and environment. Pope Francis – (2013–2025) These popes shaped the history of the ...

The bureaucrats bristled at the Pope’s recent draconian moves: Since 2021, he'd slashed salaries for the Church’s 250-odd cardinals three times. In 2023, he nixed the rich housing subsidies ...

Christians from Gaza's only Catholic church have paid ... emergency committee at the Holy Family Church, told the Reuters news agency: "We lost a saint who taught us every day how to be brave ...

but I think it’s very hard to argue that he didn’t make a big change within the Catholic Church. On Monday night, my colleague, Emma Bubola, spoke to some of those who had come to St. Peter ...

VATICAN CITY — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church faces a defining moment, as the College of Cardinals prepares to gather in Vatican City to elect a new pope. For the first time in centuries ...

"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 ... audience in St. Peter's Square ...

Pope Francis’ body could lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica for people ... s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a significant Catholic church and papal basilica. He had arranged for an ...