The Catholic dioceses hoping to run the nation's first religious charter school say anti-Catholic bias was behind many states ...

As tens of thousands of Catholics waited in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis, many were debating the ...

Following the sexual-abuse crisis that badly damaged the Boston Archdiocese, a surge of committed, immigrant parishioners has ...

Pope Francis’ death fires the gun on what many see as a battle for the soul of the church – pitting those who want to ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Some people said the pope's compassion inspired them. Others said he was too liberal or that no pope would affect how they ...

Catholic churches across the region will pay tribute to Pope Francis on Saturday, the day of his funeral, with the symbolic ...

Pope Francis will be remembered for elevating women to positions of power within the Catholic Church. Vatican author, ...

A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized ...

Hundreds of people packed into St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville on Thursday for a memorial mass for the repose of ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Changes during Pope Francis' tenure changes barely scratched the surface of securing full equality for women in the Catholic ...