Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis’s tenure was punctuated by repeated clashes with American political leaders and sweeping efforts to install more ...

Pope Francis, 88, died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with church orthodoxy and surprising his own ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Isabel Torres cleans the chapel at Queen of Angels Catholic Church after the end of a packed morning mass. On Monday, she ...

Changes during Pope Francis' tenure changes barely scratched the surface of securing full equality for women in the Catholic ...

The Dallas-area Catholic community on Monday mourned the passing of Pope Francis, reflecting on history’s first Latin ...