The history of this church is rooted in the role of Mary as the Mother of God. Its story begins with a fourth-century legend.

"Some say he did not do enough; others criticize him for even meeting with people like me," said one transgender Catholic.

Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope ...

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

ROME — Pope Francis' funeral Mass will take place on Saturday, April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Scores ...

Millions of social media users — presidents and politicians, theologians and celebrities — flocked to social media to share ...

We need the moral courage that Francis exemplified — a willingness to speak truth to power and to call for radical ...

Tens of thousands of people planned to be at the Vatican this week for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for April 27, has been ...

Lay Catholics in the U.S. reflected on Pope Francis' legacy as a pastor who sought out those on the peripheries and tried to ...

Pope Francis was a pastor, first and foremost, and a good pastor teaches. Any pope's most enduring legacy is the body of ...

Pope Francis on April 20 met briefly with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the first in-person encounter between one of the ...