Despite ideological clashes, Donald Trump will attend Pope Francis's funeral, highlighting their contrasting views on ...

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The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Two laymen have been working in tandem, though they may now know it, to make this Catholic moment last: Ross Douthat and ...

Donald Trump and the UN chief among guests to attend funeral ceremonies for the Catholic Church’s late pontiff.

The Roman Catholic leader “built bridges on the foundation of relationships” with Protestant ministers in Argentina.

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

While united in commemorating Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Western, Eastern, and Ethiopian Christians observe Palm ...

The pope's body will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome starting April 23 and mourners can pay respects ahead of his funeral on April 26.