As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

As cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from the Americas, left an impact on the Catholic Church and on the ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Catholic church members gathered at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday for a mass to ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

Both critics and followers agree the pope made significant, lasting changes to the Catholic Church and its role in the world.

Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for ...

Pope Francis passed away this morning at 88 years old. Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life ...