The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

A longtime Vatican correspondent shares his insights on the legacy of Pope Francis, a populist leader who sought to bring the ...

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a ...

Two African Cardinals are on the list of those who could succeed Pope Francis. The Catholic Church has only seen three popes ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

The Great Lent, known traditionally as “Tsom Arba’a,” is one of Christianity’s most significant and protracted fasting ...

More than 70 new converts were baptised into the Christian faith as the Youth Ministry of the Deeper Life Bible Church ...

With the death of Pope Francis, Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana and Cardinal Robert Sarah from Guinea emerged as two ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the Samuel Ferguson being elected bishop, Girolamo Savonarola becoming a friar, and the United Methodist Church labeling homosexuality ...

VATICAN—In a decree approved by Pope Francis on April 13, the Dicastery for the Clergy has promulgated revised norms governing the discipline on Mass intentions. The updated legislation, which enters ...

Francis inherited a deeply divided Church after the resignation of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. Under his leadership, he ...