The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

What direction should the Catholic Church take under the next pope? The late pontiff’s emphasis on social and economic justice, advocacy for migrants and openness to debate on homosexuality and ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

His reforms made the body more representative of the global Catholic community, while the cardinals he selected, by and large, share his vision of the Church. All of this makes it more likely that ...

Today, the top official is an MIT grad who has spent a long career in management positions for Catholic universities and prominent institutions of the church. Tighter oversight brought new ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the longest-serving pope. Pius IX, John Paul II, and Leo XIII also had long ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest ... His feminism may have been framed in Catholic terms but extended into ...

a Catholic news website, and author of several books on the church and the papacy. Distrust of Francis was particularly widespread among the “Maga” Catholics, a group that combines support for ...

How does the Catholic Church’s leadership affect the work of its orders, like CSJ? Well, simply put, there are what we call diocesan congregations and pontifical congregations. And the Sisters ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Catholic Church must now begin the lengthy process of electing his successor. Starting at least 15 days after his death, the 135 eligible ...