Amid a world with growing rancor and discord and hate and war, we have lost a needed voice for peace and human compassion with the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, leaving behind a church ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

A Catholic Charities Boston leader, a couple from Mass. on their honeymoon and a Cambridge boys’ choir were thrilled to see ...

By prioritizing the environment, championing the poor and striking a more welcoming tone with LGBTQ Catholics, Pope Francis ...

A Cardinal with Kerry links has been named among the potential successors to Pope Francis following his passing this week. Cardinal Joseph Tobin, who is currently serving as a Cardinal in Newark, is ...

Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson said he was not ready to become pope -- and that the Catholic Church might not be either. - ...

German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, one of late Pope Francis' fiercest critics, on Thursday said he hopes the new pontiff ...

A leader of Dubuque's LGBTQ+ community says Pope Francis gave him hope for a more inclusive Catholic church, but says the ...

The date when Catholic cardinals will gather to select Pope Francis's successor is not yet known. - 'Inconsistent' - At least ...

Pope Francis dies at 88 after battling double pneumonia, leaving many to wonder who will succeed himThe Vatican will soon ...

The body of the 88-year-old pope, who died two days ago in his rooms at the Vatican's Santa Marta guesthouse after suffering a stroke, was brought to St. Peter's in a solemn procession earlier on Wedn ...