The Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gathering May 7 in Vatican City to elect a pope must untangle a complex web of issues as they consider candidates to lead the church's 1.4 ...

The cardinals who might become the next head of the Catholic Church - Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has ...

Reflecting on the final document of the synod, Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon proposes four marks of a synodal church: relating, listening, discerning and self-emptying.

The rebrand aims to simplify organizational identity while increasing public awareness, engagement, and support.

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide the Catholic Church.

The Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gathering May 7 in Vatican City to elect a pope must untangle a complex web of issues as they consider candidates to lead the church's 1.4 ...

About one in four Catholic priests in the U.S. is foreign-born, according to CARA. Many could soon be forced to leave unless special visas for religious workers are extended.

How Pope Francis Changed The Catholic Church Upon his election, Pope Francis ' mandate was seen as revamping the Church, demonstrating that it could be a dynamic institution capable of adapting to ...

For nearly 1,500 years, a large majority of Catholics in the Western Church attended Mass in Latin. But after the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), the rite changed in ways that went well beyond ...

Omella shares Francis’ social vision of the church. He did missionary work in Zaire, now called Congo, and has been active in the Spanish Catholic NGO Manos Unidas.