As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The Catholic Church's cardinals are meeting next week at the Vatican to elect the new pope in a centuries-old process called ...

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The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history.

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Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal ...

When the legendary St. Teresa of Ávila needed spiritual counsel during the Spanish Inquisition, she did not turn to St. John ...

Mourners young and old flocked to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the ...

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire ...