Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility ...

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

The image of Trump as the pope just days after our revered Pope Francis died shows why he's a terrible model for morality.

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

Many people throughout the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and looked expectantly upon the election of a new leader ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis raised the consciousness of bishops, priests and laity around the issues of sexism and unjust discrimination against women in the Catholic Church. (RNS) — Pope Francis ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made it possible to advance a new church culture that respected the voice and ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

the Catholic Church is not known for welcoming change, and Francis faced resistance to his more progressive positions on social issues. Among the key questions in the vote for the next pope will ...