In Britain, the US, and the present-day Commonwealth, most Roman Catholic dioceses were founded only in the 19th and 20th centuries, to serve communities excluded and marginalised until ... undertaken ...

All of our Catholic Movie Club films this month have been inspired by Pope Francis’ life and legacy. As we come to the end of May, it felt appropriate to cover the most famous film made about ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Souvenir shops sell more items depicting Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II before items with the new Pope Leo XIV have arrived Friday, May 16, 2025, near St ...

Reflecting on issues that were “dividing the Church” during Pope Francis’ pontificate such as “ambiguity” in some teachings outlined in Amoris Laetitia and the synodal process ...

and there is no evidence that Robert Francis Prevost, now the most famous former resident of south suburban Dolton, was there. But the post, which stated “Wait how woke is this pope,” received ...

It was disconcerting to watch JD Vance being received by the ailing Pope Francis at the Vatican this past Easter. The pope, like a character in a cheap airport thriller, had 24 hours to live.

with symbolic words and actions that have linked him not only to Pope Francis but also to predecessors like St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, earning admiration from more traditional Catholics in ...

Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024. (photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA / EWTN) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Cupich took possession of the church in 2016 when he was made a cardinal by Pope Francis; the basilica was formerly the titular church of Cardinal Francis George ...

The meeting came one month after the vice president met with Pope Francis, who had once questioned President Trump’s Christianity and said Vance had wrongly interpreted a medieval Catholic ...

Leo noted that Francis had chosen not to live in them and added, “And I may live in, but it’s not totally decided.” Pope Leo XIV meets with Vice President JD Vance, center, and Secretary of ...

Vance met pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, the day before he died. Bears coach Ben Johnson joked earlier this month that he’d “heard rumblings” the pope was a fan of his ...