A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

The alleged abuse occurred at St. Francis Borgia “approximately 30 years ago,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said in his letter to ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, has redefined the Catholic Church with his focus on humility, reform, and outreach to ...

Catholics across the world, and in Iowa, are praying for the recovery of Pope Francis. On Tuesday, the Vatican said he's in ...

Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 28, 2025 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell for Roger B. Lortz, age, 96, who passed away Sunday at his home in Sartell.

Even as Pope Francis spent his eighth day in a Rome hospital battling pneumonia, reports oscillated between hope and concern.

He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi ... He not only deepened the Catholic Church's commitment to the poor in its religious life but ...

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Her husband, Paul Golden died in 2007. Shirley was a lifelong member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. For several years she was employed at Natural’s Food and Restaurant on Baltimore ...

Once at the heart of the religious practice for millions of American Catholics, the sacrament of confession could become a ...