David French: I’m David French. I’m an Opinion columnist at The Times, where I write about law, politics and religion. I’m ...

Monsignor Don Fischer says he had been waiting for a leader like Pope Francis since he studied at the Vatican in the late 1950s. "The heart of the work of the church is to awaken you to divinity, and ...

A boy from Rhode Island was the heart of one of the first viral images of Pope Francis' papacy, in an embrace seen around the ...

He was making a tiny pilgrimage of hope himself, just to come out on that balcony’ on Easter Sunday, the day before he died.

Ever since Pope Francis died, I have been reflecting upon my time in Catholic school and the lessons I learned about service, community and hard work.

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

There is a very good reason why unreason and unreality reign today: One of the better descriptions of the West today is this: ...

Those aged 18-24 are now the second largest demographic to attend Church, with 16% saying they attended Church once a month ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Father Kevin Burke, vice president for University Mission at Regis University in Denver, described the Pope’s passing soon ...

Catholics from around Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire expressed both sorrow and gratitude for the late Pope ...