As cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor, they are facing debates over whether the church most needs change or ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Broadcasting to audiences on various social media platforms and podcasts, a number of Catholic priests have waded ... for their lives—clashing with the hierarchy can mean getting worse ...

Zuppi, 69, came up as a street priest in the image of Francis ... In that job he would have kept in regular contact with the Catholic hierarchy in the part of the world that counts still counts ...

Survivor groups call election 'an insult', cite past inaction and failed oversight; Vatican maintains no wrongdoing.

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He's been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have arisen against priests under ...