Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. “As if answering an ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

"I think we are in a moment where Jesus is a victim of identity theft. I don't know what Bible folks are reading—attacking ...

The pope's body will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome starting April 23 and mourners can pay respects ahead of ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that members will from now on be required to watch all ...

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

ROME (CNS) — Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

Pope Francis ’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...