White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on Thursday, May 8, signifying that the College of Cardinals ...

You have called me to carry that cross, and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me” ...

More than 7,750 people were baptized in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday, an ...

A little more than one-third grew up in a family indifferent or hostile to religion—sometimes Catholic by tradition—and 11% in another religion—mostly Islam. “Requesting baptism is part of ...

Here is the full text of the homily from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, delivered at the sixth Novendiales Mass on May 1.

“A large number of American conservative Catholics would basically dream of having Cardinal Burke as the next Pope, but ...

Pope Francis used the words 'gay' and 'transgender' and met with LGBTQ+ people on many occasions. His impact cannot be ...

A History of Sex and Christianity —the kind of hefty tome inevitably described as “magisterial” by reviewers—teems with ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

These remarks ignited significant backlash, particularly in Belgium, where they prompted a surge in de-baptism requests and ... may have been framed in Catholic terms but extended into the secular ...

Below is a collection of quotes that reflect Pope Francis’ vision for a more ... Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano via EPA Environment and climate change Pope Francis spoke in Catholic and secular ...