Pope Francis reshaped the church’s financial structures, but internal resistance and ailing revenues mean the new pope will ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis named the Rev. Emil Kapaun 'venerable,' bringing him one step closer to canonization. The ...

In a March 27 executive order, Trump alleged that Smithsonian exhibits had disparaged the nation’s history via a “divisive, ...

Target announced in January that it would phase out a handful of DEI initiatives, including a program designed to help Black ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A diverse cast of cardinals gathering at the Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral will soon turn to voting ...

Pope Francis was a man of the people. Will the next pope be?

Musicians Janis Ian in 1981, from left, Bob Dylan in 1963, and Leonard Cohen in 2009. (Photos by Eddie Mallin/CC BY SA 2.0; Rowland Scherman/NARA; AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (RNS) — “To write a poem ...

I feel proud as an Argentine and as a Christian, that we had an Argentine pope,' said one Argentine American. 'But most of ...

The Supreme Court is deciding a case brought by parents who say books taught in school violate their religious rights.

After years of scrambling to preserve the community and the church’s mission during renovations, the church now wants to get ...

It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately 15,000 priests, brothers and ...