A week after death of Pope Francis, Catholics reflect on shifts for local faith community amid church's broader ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...

Pew Research surveyed 1,787 Catholics nationwide from Feb. 3–9 and asked their views on a wide range of topics.

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Springfield Bishop William Byrne celebrated a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in memory of the pope, who ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Peter Geoly sees Francis’ influence with younger parishioners within the Catholic Diocese of Nashville. A photo of Pope Francis is displayed during an official diocesan memorial Mass for Pope ...

Of the 52% of Massachusetts adults in the study who identify as Christians, 29% of them are Catholic. That's higher than the ...

President Donald Trump shared a doctored image of himself as pope, a role he cannot hold, drawing condemnation.

Local Catholics held a Mass for Pope Francis on Wednesday, joining much of the world in remembering a religious leader who ...