The Nahant, Massachusetts, native is among a not-so-small population of people in the U.S. who say they were confirmed in ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Mourners young and old flocked to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

Following the death or resignation of a pope, the camerlengo of the church, typically will take over as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church until a new pope is selected ...

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.

American Cardinals Joseph Tobin and Raymond Burke could be candidates to lead the Catholic Church after the death of Pope Francis.

In the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, until Pope Francis, no Jesuit priest had ever been elevated to the papacy ...