As the conclave is held to select a new pope, LGBTQ Catholics hope that the next leader of the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis ...

G.K. Chesterton wrote of St. Francis of Assisi, “But after all, this man was a man and not half a dozen men. What seems inconsistency to you did not seem inconsistency to him.” We should keep ...

Francis selected cardinals who he felt shared his sense of the church — that it should be less hierarchical and more pastoral — but they do not necessarily embrace his more inclusive view of ...

Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981, during a Mass at the Jesuit Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus ...

A perfect Roman day dawned on Saturday, April 26, the morning the Catholic Church laid to rest our beloved Pope Francis. Below a sky of brilliant blue, a crowd of more than 250,000 gathered to bid ...

The Tony-nominated leading man is charming audiences — and Times Square tourists — with a brooding performance that has him singing outdoors. The Tony-nominated leading man is charming ...

On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope Francis, who shied away from giving red hats to the traditional ...

A song from comedy band On Company Time and comedian Kyle Gordon celebrating Myrtle Beach as a top destination for divorced dads is going viral. “Won’t you come on down to a top-12-rated town?

Neomi De Anda consults for the Louisville Institute, funded by Lily Endowment Inc. She receives funding from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology. She is a past ...

Ole Smoky Distillery and Yee-Haw Brewing Co. have started construction at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach with plans to open a new distillery and brewery concept in 2026.. April 31 ...

Pope Francis was a mold-breaking pope, whose 12-year pontificate was marked by any number of surprises and shake-ups. But Catholics won’t have to wait long to see how the disruptive approach of ...

When it is white, it means they have elected the heir to St. Peter — and more recently, to Pope Francis. ''Until the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the smoke was carried out in the traditional ...