COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

Many Indigenous Catholics saw an ally in Pope Francis who championed their causes, asked forgiveness for the church’s ...

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy reciting the entirety of the Catholic Mass in ...

When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around the world swiftly issued glowing tributes to the late Catholic leader ...

Reforming the Vatican’s policy on China should be a priority of the next papacy. The current approach is defined by the ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the College of Cardinals is preparing for the selection of a new pope to start on May 7.

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

The work to choose a new pope begins next week with the secretive Papal Conclave. One of Pope Francis’ lingering legacies ...

In 2013, a Charleston women celebrated Mass with Pope Francis. Carmen Schachte, who is Puerto Rican, is proud of the 1st ...

From Viking ruins to Filipino families, a small Catholic community brings new life to the Church’s oldest frontier.

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St.