When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday I would meet up with a group of fellow Catholic girls by the baseball field and walk to our weekly Catholic class. I was apathetic about the lessons ...

For resurrection to occur, it necessitates that something previously existing has to die. For something new to take hold, something previouly loved has to be let go. For Peter, living in the days ...

Vendors in Indonesia sold keychains and fans bearing his image. A message board to the late pope was covered in writings from ...

White Crucifixion” marked the start of a series of paintings in which he envisioned Christ as an emblem of Jewish persecution ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis died on Monday (Apr 21), aged 88, ending a 12-year papacy marked by attempts to reform the Catholic Church. Only ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from the Americas, left an impact on the Catholic Church and on the world that will be felt for generations.