A week after death of Pope Francis, Catholics reflect on shifts for local faith community amid church's broader ...

Rev. J. Mark Spalding, bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, and area Catholic Church parishioners remember Pope Francis' legacy.

Word of Pope Francis passing has shocked millions across the world, including Tennessee, a predominantly Protestant state.

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader for 12 years, died at 88, prompting East Tennessee churches to gather in mourning.

"I saw the suffering he was enduring. The great pain, the pain of carrying the church, pain of carrying the world in our ...

ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany may close up to one-third of its buildings, due to a “financial and maintenance crisis,” Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger said in a letter sent ...

Catholic Church leadership for Middle Tennessee remembers the late Pope ... Mark Spalding, bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, said in a statement April 21. The Nashville bishop ...

Catholic Diocese of Nashville Bishop J ... But those divisions among Catholics in Middle Tennessee and worldwide, though they persist even after Francis’ death, were set aside for the diocese ...