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

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

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 ...

The Catholic dioceses hoping to run the nation's first religious charter school say anti-Catholic bias was behind many states ...

The Rev. Michael Duffy and the Rev. Michael Bartholomew are among the many who will be in Vatican City for the papal funeral ...

Renaud and her fellow parishioners are remembering the late Pope Francis as a reformer they say, whose message to the world ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo — As the world prepares to say goodbye to Pope Francis in a solemn farewell ceremony at the Vatican, the ...

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

During his homily, Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, said individuals and the church must follow in the footsteps ...

The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether it violates the Constitution for public elementary schools to use books ...