Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

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Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

A 45-year-old Melbourne-based cardinal will be among the world's highest-ranking bishops and clergy determining the next ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, closing a 12-year papacy marked by progressive reforms and sharp opposition from ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

The Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, bishop of Scranton, will celebrate a special diocesan memorial Mass for Pope Francis on Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton. The public is ...

In his criticisms of the church and defiance of traditionalists, Pope Francis continued the legacy of a movement the Vatican ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...