SHARON — Last week, Father James Power found himself thrilled to be wrong. “Before the new pope was actually named, I was ...

Father James Power, pastor of St. Joseph Church and St. Anthony of Padua, both Roman Catholic parishes in Sharon, talks while ...

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

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

Aside from that, the idea that there isn’t a hierarchy of obligations violates basic common ... into politics — a realm not ...

“According to the statistics we have … one priest is catering to around 9,000 Catholics,” John Alfred Rabena, chancellor of UST Central Seminary, one the country’s oldest, said this wee ...

It’s about connection. Article continues below Content cannot be displayed without consent “A priest is someone who you can have as a friend, a mentor, a companion,” he told WCVB.

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 ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his life outside the United States. By Motoko Rich Elizabeth Dias and Jason ...

Now, as a third-year student pursuing the priesthood at Pontifical North American College in Vatican City, Warner anticipates he will be within view of the smoke signals expected to signal the ...

Small nations and states will seek their place under the sun, while the great powers will demand that they renounce their moral wealth—above all, their ...

Nuns don't have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders gathered in ...