Francis' "no" to women's ordination is not just the exclusion of women from a Church role. It is an insupportable and blatant ...

Fr Dominic Robinson SJ, Parish Priest at Farm Street Church, Mayfair, writes: "We are not living an era of change but a change of era". Francis' comment to Italian bishops in 2015 became something of ...

On a glorious Roman spring day, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, Lutherans, Anglicans and many expressions of the Orthodox Christian Church came together with 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to ...

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...

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

In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral ...

Honorary Consul Ronnie Convery tells of the humanity of Pope Francis. He also notes his love of whisky and why he will long ...

Dozens of heads of state will be attending funeral services for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square today. Follow here for the latest.

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Pope Francis' death on Monday, April 21, the day after Easter Sunday, started off a series of traditions that in a few weeks will culminate in a vote for the next pope. After Pope Francis is laid ...

It is impossible to understand  Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s legacy without accounting for the fact that the late pontiff belonged to a rebellious order.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge ordained seven men to the transitional diaconate April 26 — James M. Harbour, Donghan S. Lee, Sean E. Mazary, Eric M. McDade, ...