(Mario Tama / Getty Images ... the west in New York City, television news cameras lined the sidewalk in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the iconic midtown Manhattan Catholic church.

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa ... Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times Africa produces the highest number of seminarians in the world.

Catholic worshippers attend a New Year’s Eve Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2016. (Artem Vorobiev/Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this survey to better ...

Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times ... who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, by the German painter Franz Seraph von Lenbach.Credit...DeAgostini/Getty Images What’s in a ...

Milwaukee-area Catholics expressed joy and hope at the ... Billy Russo was visiting Milwaukee from Buffalo, New York, and happened to be near Old St. Mary’s when the news broke.

Getty Images While ... s Cathedral in New York City as the conclave began. He added: “I was a huge fan of Pope Francis. I think he really reinvigorated the energy around Catholicism with young ...

(RNS) — Near the register at the Advent Shop, a 20-year-old Catholic religious goods store on Long Island, New York, a wooden table ... Francis’ encyclicals, images of the late pontiff ...

Franco Origlia/Getty Images Leo has often emphasized ... to suffer with them," according to The New York Times. Daniel Rober, associate professor and chair of Catholic studies at Sacred Heart ...

Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States ... Dolan, the archbishop of New York and a cardinal elector in the upcoming papal conclave, is in Rome. Bishop Robert Barron offers ...

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron — have been tapped to serve on a new presidential ...

The New York State Catholic Conference, which represents the bishops of the state in working with government, accused Donald Trump of mockery after the White House posted an artificial ...

Excitement rippled through New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked ...