The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks wrote St. Mary in Park Forest and St. Boniface in Monee will merge into St. Liborius Catholic Church in ...

Pope Francis was on the minds of everyone who came to mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood Sunday ...

In the 1960s, most Catholic school teachers were members of religious orders. Now, many schools have one or two, or no nuns ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

The eyes of millions around the world are on Pope Francis who is reported to be in critical condition.

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

This small park used to be home to the first Catholic Church for African Americans west of Baltimore, served by the first ...