The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

He famously presided over the first canonization Mass ever held on U.S. soil when he canonized the Spanish missionary Junipero Serra in 2015 on the campus of Catholic University of America in ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political ... professor of theology at Villanova University. “He interrupted a long ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and Ukraine.

The conclave – one of the most secretive processes in Christendom – is rooted in centuries of tradition. O Papa Francisco morreu na segunda-feira de Páscoa, um dia depois de saudar a ...

I took a deep breath, identified myself as the president of Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit — a Catholic university in Pittsburgh — and introduced Father Jim McCloskey to him.

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the conclave, a gathering of cardinals, chooses the next pope 15 to 20 days after the vacancy. This would put the meeting start date between ...

The canonisation of the first saint of the millennial generation, Carlo Acutis, has been suspended due to Pope Francis' death ...