Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic ... of the church.” A credible inside account of the closed-door conclave ...

The rock is visible along the basilica’s ambulatory and at the top through a glass panel in the Greek Orthodox ... Today, two chapels — one Catholic and the other Greek Orthodox — stand ...

Rome, Italy – When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he faced loud calls to expand the role of women within the Roman Catholic Church ... like he unlocked the door but didn’t fully open ...

A panel of scholars at ... executive director of The Catholic Project. Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA “It’s a constituent of the common good of the Church. There’s a reason the Church has ...

Following this law would violate the Catholic Church’s traditional confidentiality protections. BREAKING: Washington's left-wing governor signed legislation forcing priests to divulge abuse if ...

(WALA)- On Thursday, applause erupted at St. Pius X Catholic Church in ... the announcement of the Pope. Church staff placed yellow bunting on the cathedral doors as a celebration of the Pope.

making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict.Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around ... "even if it is made of glass." He became one of the ...

That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic social thought. His most famous encyclical ...