The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of ...

“This moment is critical now,” Bishop Sean W. Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, said. “For those of us who ...

Pope Benedict was an ardent defender of Catholic traditions. Pope Francis, who died Monday, chose a more liberal direction. Which way will the church, famously resistant to change, move under his ...

There has been an almost perfect chronological overlap between the synodal renewal of the Catholic Church, which begins with Francis’ pontificate in 2013, and the acceleration of the crisis of ...

If you were planning on waving your St George’s Day flag to celebrate England’s patron saint today, you will be surprised to ...

(Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikimedia Commons) On March 30, the BBC broadcasted an interview with Archbishop Justin Welby, the former head of the Anglican Church. In November 2024 ...

The Pope, who died Monday, said in a July 2022 visit to Canada that he was ‘deeply sorry’ for the Catholic Church’s role in ...

Fostering unity is essential to a pope’s job description. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, an authoritative ...

When the College of Cardinals chose Argentina’s Jorge Maria Bergoglio as successor to the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, they ...

As people reflect upon Pope Francis’s passing, his apology on residential schools and its impacts needs to be explored three ...