Cardinals reflected on the service and legacy of Pope Francis’ pontificate, highlighting his strong work ethic and focus on mercy and offering advice to their fellow cardinals.

The promotion of conservative candidates from some corners started almost immediately after Francis’s death was announced.

An agreement has been made to begin a study on the possibility of restoring a historic downtown Winnipeg church threatened with demolition. CentreVenture Development Corporation signed a ...

It found that church attendance among adults has in fact risen from 8% ... Steven concluded with a challenge to pray for a shift from a 'quiet revival' to a "mighty revival". “These signs of new ...

The pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, but he also leads the Holy See – a sovereign juridical entity with a seat at the United Nations – and the Vatican city-state. There are some ...

It was a sign of humility.” Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage, lobby for ordaining women as priests or spark a liberal revolution in the Catholic Church. The pontiff, who died ...

In remembrance of the Holy Father’s message urging the faithful to take action to protect the natural environment and to celebrate Earth Day, marked every year on April 22, here are 10 quotes ...

World leaders are expected to attend the ceremony in advance of a conclave to elect the next head of the Catholic Church. All cardinals currently in Rome were summoned to the meeting to outline ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

That is how the name came into my heart: Francis of Assisi. … How I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor!” — Francis, speaking to journalists on March 16, 2013, recounting how ...

Pope Francis, Paternostro said, "showed the world what Jesuits can be at our best: a true evangelist, a true son of Ignatius and (as he has described himself repeatedly) a true son of the Church." ...