After years of scrambling to preserve the community and the church’s mission during renovations, the church now wants to get ...

The Supreme Court is deciding a case brought by parents who say books taught in school violate their religious rights.

The sounds of bells and prayerful chants echoed throughout Vatican City as Francis’ body was carried in a simple wooden ...

It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 priests, brothers and ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

The Argentine pontiff, who had been recovering after being hospitalized for five weeks with pneumonia, died Monday at age 88.

Francis’ 12-year reign saw small steps advancing women in the church. We may not know for years what the aims of a new papacy ...

Pope Francis prays at the beginning of the third day of a conference at the Vatican on dealing with sex abuse by priests, Feb ...

For the Buddhists who deposited these relics — as for Buddhists today — the gems, bone and ash all belong to the Buddha and ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

In 1962, Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, which used Sister Rose Thering’s pioneering work against ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...