VATICAN CITY -- The appeals phase of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” resumed Tuesday after a pair of setbacks for the ...
By PETER SMITH As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before ...
Early into his pontificate, Francis put his finger on the scales in Peru by naming an outsider to take over the Chiclayo Diocese, a conservative stronghold. That new bishop was Robert Prevost, the ...
Catholic priests threaten schism with Rome over bishop consecrations as SSPX plans July ceremony without papal approval, escalating decades-long conflict.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to ...
On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His papacy ended when he died on April 21, 2025. The worldwide spiritual leader of ...
The shelves of the Blue Bunny Bookstore in Dedham, Massachusetts, are lined with books by Peter H. Reynolds. He and his twin ...