Pope Francis was a pastor first, "so consistently, so spontaneously and with such deep conviction," that it will remain a gift to the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Michael Czerny. With his death ...

This month in Florida, a national Catholic education group is bringing together teachers and school administrators for one of the largest private education gatherings in the nation. More than ...

Pope Francis brought a limited but desperately needed progressive spirit to the Catholic Church. Under his successor, that spirit is likely to wither. Pope Francis waves during his weekly General ...

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church was as unlikely as it was unprecedented.

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

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His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm. By Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias report ...

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Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church a more inclusive place. Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova ...

FOR 40/29’S? KA’TANI GOUCH JOINS US NOW WITH MORE FROM AN EXPERT ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ABOUT WHO COULD BE THE NEXT LEADER IN KA’TANI GOUCH. HOW LONG BEFORE THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING A NEW ...

A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis. With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of ...