A longtime Jesuit leader in Missoula was removed from St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church last week after admitting to "inappropriate contact" with a woman here just days after she made the ...

St. Francis Xavier University is mourning the loss of Rev. Stanley MacDonald, a friendly presence on campus and an ardent supporter of varsity sports at the Antigonish, N.S., school. MacDonald ...

NEWARK − The Rev. David Sizemore, pastor at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church for eight years, told parishioners Sunday in a tear-filled homily he will leave the parish to become pastor at ...

Imagine what the towering St. Francis Xavier Church did to the Missoula landscape when it was completed on West Pine Street in 1892. There was no university, no Wilma Theatre or courthouse bell ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More than 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 26 to ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around ... many by appearing at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Catholic churches across the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis, including one here in Dothan. St. Columba Catholic Church in Dothan commemorates its holy father ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke ... where he delighted crowds at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Father Craig Hightower at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula says the passing of Pope Francis is especially impactful because he was the first Jesuit pope. "I think there's a lot of ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter's Basilica ... as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years.

File image Dubai: Now more than ever, we must remember Pope Francis’ teachings, the Rector of Dubai’s St Mary’s Catholic Church, Father Lennie J.A. Connully (OFM Cap), said after the tragic ...