The new archbishop’s hands were shaking as he showed the document to the faithful as part of the ritual. Melinda Henneberger ...

Francis expressed openness on several such issues, though he did not fundamentally change church teachings or ... Emilin Winters, of East Meadow, who was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and moved ...

As the conflict in Gaza enters its 18th month, Christians in Gaza continue to pray daily for “a lasting peace,” he said—in Palestine, in the Middle East ... St. Francis of Assisi Church.

(CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter ... the needs of a global church,” said Elise ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cardinal Robert Prevost attends the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square. His rise in the faith began at a South Side church. “Even as a young ...

Throughout his papacy, however, Francis faced fierce resistance from small, but noisy, conservative Catholic groups and a certain amount of indifference and silent resistance from bishops in the ...

More than 1.4 billion Catholics are mourning the death of Pope Francis, the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. ELi spoke with two leaders of East Lansing’s St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. They ...

On Feb. 28, writing from his Gemelli hospital room in Rome during his final illness, Pope Francis sent a message to professors and students at Rome's Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm ... people face ...

Communities in East Tennessee are honoring the life of Pope Francis, a week after his death and days after his funeral. "Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church ... Mass was in St. Peter’s Square ...

Financial transparency is fundamental for the credibility of the church as a missionary institution.” Few have been closer to the theological heart of Francis’ reforms than Anna Rowlands, St. Hilda ...

The man remembered today at a funeral in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, was once very different ... there were timelines of his life produced by the Catholic Church. And there was this gap, as you ...

Jason Horowitz 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 West to the East.” ...