Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

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The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy. Tradition was treated as baggage, and doctrine was left to the ...

For the next decade, Dunham volunteered as a church deacon and chairman of the Diaconate. He was selected to serve as Ed Young's prayer partner. The oil executive and the megachurch pastor prayed ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Clayborn Temple Church in Downtown Memphis went up in flames early Monday morning. The second-alarm fire was reported just before 1:40 a.m. at the historic church and civil ...

Priests of Vilnius Bernardinai church offer Vilnius residents, who have lost their jobs, and Vilnius businessmen, who search for employees, to exchange information. During the Mass celebrated on last ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with ...