I was struck by Peggy Noonan’s blunt suggestion that we need a pope whose pontificate could later be summed up as: “The man who was in love with Jesus” (“What We Need in Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis, who has died aged 88 after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church, was probably the most famous Argentinian who ever lived. Born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis ...

People visit the Baoding Catholic church in Baoding, China's northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images Reporter When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around ...

He really made that happen in his 13 years as pope. — Father Michael Gutierrez, pastor, St. Louis of France Catholic Church, La Puente Pope Francis has modeled a papacy grounded in inclusivity ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

Dig deeper: While it’s unclear if the post was directly referencing Pope Francis, Greene has previously spoken out against the Catholic Church. According to People Magazine, Greene left ...

The bureaucrats bristled at the Pope’s recent draconian moves: Since 2021, he'd slashed salaries for the Church’s 250-odd cardinals three times. In 2023, he nixed the rich housing subsidies ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest ... His feminism may have been framed in Catholic terms but extended into ...

In the Catholic Church, if you’re divorced, the first marriage must be annulled, which can be a lengthy and difficult process. Pope Francis relaxed those rules. Channel 2’s Candace McCowan ...

Greene has been a longtime critic of the Catholic church after leaving the religion years ago, People Magazine reported. Greene was born a Catholic but left to become an evangelical Protestant.