About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

The skeletons, along with an ancient church, were found on the school’s City Campus property, which was acquired by the university in 2021. The University of Gloucestershire announced the ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

"Heresies and other errors have in consequence spread through the Church," the four bishops wrote. Francis set out to reshape how the church operates, but not what it teaches. “Amoris Laetitia ...

Francis' headlining changes were a softening of the Church's stance on homosexuality and contraception, an openness to women carrying out leadership positions within the church, and a rejection of ...

As pontiff, Francis, who died Monday at age 88, sought to bring the Church closer to the people, stating early in his papacy that he wanted to have a poorer Church "for the poor." He was known for ...

He was seen by many as progressive to some degree, but it's fair to say that even many liberals were disappointed that he didn't break from previous stances of the church on things like abortion ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the starting gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to continue his progressive reforms against a small but powerful ...

As a scholar of global Catholicism, I am especially interested in how this will be the most diverse conclave in the history of the Catholic church. Before the conclave, the College of Cardinals ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The man convicted and sentenced in the 2015 deaths of nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston is making a bid to avoid the death penalty. Dylann ...

A Milwaukee church had planned to plant 16 native trees to help cool down the Harambee neighborhood. But its plan is now on hold as the Trump administration reviews funds for climate projects.