Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views ...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has bolstered religious rights and now could change America's public schools.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday seemed open to backing the creation of a Catholic charter school in ...

Trump joked he would like to be next pope days after Francis dies. Sen. Lindsey Graham thought it was funny and exciting. But ...

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...