Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday ... And then this morning, of course, the Lord, he went back to the house of the Lord.

But conservatives may be more focused on forging unity and refocusing the church back to core doctrines emphasized by St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, rather than continuing Francis ...

“I do think that whichever direction they go into will have an effect on the future of Catholicism ... Should we follow Francis' lead or go back to a traditionally conservative belief system?'.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of ... and he called a future meeting of cardinals to set the dates for some ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the starting gun on ... described as “backwardist” Catholics wanting to take the Church back to a different way. His critiques of economic inequality and focus ...

means Catholics are looking back upon his legacy and looking ahead to the Church's future. Just hours after making a surprise appearance on Easter Sunday at the Vatican in Rome, Pope Francis, who ...

Here is a look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March ... the cardinals sent a powerful message that the future of the church lay in the global south, home to the bulk of the world ...

The family’s passage to Argentina would become part of Bergoglio lore: Booked in steerage on the ocean liner Principessa Mafalda, the future ... to back Mr. Trump. In 2018, Francis criticized ...

And he elevated African church leaders who will help choose his successor — and shape the future of the church. During Francis’s 12-year papacy, the number of African Catholics jumped from ...