The fundamental Christian message emphasizes compassion, and the Catholic Church over the centuries has played a vital role ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio chose the motto “Miserando atque eligendo” for his pontificate, translated from Latin to ...

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth…,” is a useful starting place for discussion of the influence of Pope Francis, who throughout proved to be a ...

Pope Francis stepped onto the world’s stage at a time when many—so many, too many—of the world’s leaders spoke and acted out ...

During the time I covered religion for The Journal News/lohud, a highlight was covering John Paul II's funeral from the roof ...

Somewhere around 20 years ago, my church sponsored a bus trip to Pittsburgh — a three-hour tour first to see a papal shrine and then a baseball game. That meant an eclectic group of parishioners ...

This week, His Holiness Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died. That's not really surprising. He was 88 years old, and he'd been struggling with his health for several years. Nor is it ...

In life, Pope Francis caught the world’s attention with his humility and his holiness. So it’s no surprise that in death, the ...