NCR's 10 most-read news stories of 2025 include coverage of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, massive aid cuts by the ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, responsive and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles ...

In July 2013, Pope Francis posed a question that marked a radical shift in the Catholic Church’s treatment of gay people. “If a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge him?” he ...

(The Center Square) –- Archbishop José H. Gomez praised Pope Francis, who died Monday morning, for the kindness he showed Los Angeles Catholics during difficult times. “I have to say my feelings today ...

Pope Francis issued a message thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick as he continues to recover from double pneumonia. President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan says ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, ...

EDITORIAL: Just how desperately we need hope in today’s troubled world was made apparent though the darkness of the events ...

Just 24 hours after ABC's exclusive sit-down with Pope Francis ahead of his trip to the U.S. later this month, the pope made headlines by authorizing priests to forgive the "sin of abortion" during ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...