Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making near-nightly phone calls to the priest and congregation there.

Pope Francis has been known for his down-to-earth leadership, support of marginalized communities and interreligious dialogue.

San Rafael, the Spanish version of St. Raphael, is one of the area’s parishes named after the three archangels, which led to ...

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And ...

Luther, Sasson and Scotten exercised conscientious objections to the dictates of their respective 16th and 21st century ...

Immigration is a topic that evokes very strong emotions in many people. I write not as an expert on immigration, or from a political perspective, but rather as a fellow ...

The Chair of St. Peter in 2024 at St. Peter’s Basilica, exposed for the first time since 1867. (Wikimedia Commons) It’s 39 ...

Ralph Fiennes' Conclave has hit another holy milestone at the box office just ahead of its big night at the Academy Awards.

A Roman Catholic priest was killed inside a church in conflict-torn Myanmar by about a dozen anti-junta rebels. Reverend ...

Who could be the next pope? After Pope Francis, what pontiff is next in line for head of the Catholic Church and the Vatican. Here's what we know.

So this week, on February 11, when the Vatican published a letter from the pope to US bishops warning that Trump’s mass ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...