Catholic converts wait and ponder, some longer than others. And, this spring, Americans flocked to the Church, including waves of Generation Z converts. Among them were Anna and D ...

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

There were nearly as many opposite-sex civil marriages (6,392) in Ireland in 2024 as there were opposite-sex Catholic wedding ...

There were only 33 more Roman Catholic wedding ceremonies than civil ceremonies held in Ireland last year, a new report has shown. A Central Statistics Office (CSO) release, which was published today, ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between gay or ...

During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Gwen Stefani shared the secret to a happy marriage. Stefani and Blake Shelton have been together for almost 10 years and will be nearing their ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

He grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Dublin, and now Kevin Farrell is set to preside over the election of the new ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had become commonplace. During the dozen years that he served as the pontiff, ...