When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, where tens of ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change.

When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday I would meet up with a group of fellow Catholic girls by the baseball field and walk to our weekly Catholic class. I was apathetic about the lessons ...

Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St. Peter’s Basilica. But Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, as he requested a “simple” ...

Just as Catholics are not one-size-fits-all in 2025, neither are the qualities they want in their next pope, according Long ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis named the Rev. Emil Kapaun 'venerable,' bringing him one step closer to canonization. The ...

Although he was a pontiff well-attuned to the concerns of ordinary Catholics, Pope Francis had a surprising blind spot when it came to the abuse crisis. He did not talk very much about the issue in ...

For many Catholics older than me, Francis represented a cultural shift from previous pontificates. As a Gen-Z Catholic, Francis is the only pope I’ve known.

Pope Francis is being remembered for a progressive legacy because of his stance on issues related to the LGBTQ+ community and immigrants. Chris Jansing speaks to Father Bryan Massingale, a professor ...

The Henry C. Koch-designed Gesu Church, 1145 W. Wisconsin Ave., completed in 1894, is currently undergoing a more than $10 ...

CNN, VATICAN MEDIA, GETTY IMAGES By Christopher Lamb, Alicia Johnson, Jhasua Razo and Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Rome (CNN) ...