Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

The latest one to do so is Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who said in a statement that parts of Trump's executive orders are "deeply troubling and ...

Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does ...

At a gathering of Catholic clergy in Rome, the trio of cardinals emphasized the unique and indispensable role of priests at this time in human history.

H is Holiness Pope Francis —the 266th bishop of Rome, supreme pontiff of the Universal Church, sovereign of the Vatican City State—is a man with fancy titles, a simple soul and simpler prose. He likes ...

Donald Trump has presented himself as a Christian champion, but a Washington cleric just reminded him what Christianity is actually about.

Pope Francis has erected the Catholic Diocese of Alto Molócuè in the Southern African nation of Mozambique and appointed Mons. Estêvão Ângelo Fernando, of the Clergy of Quelimane Catholic Diocese its ...

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political leaders of the Christian precept of human dignity.

Eric Dejaeger, who last year was sentenced for historical sex crimes against children in Alberta, pleaded guilty to similar assaults committed as a priest in Igloolik, Nunavut.

Most Americans favor increased border security, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and a recent poll from Axios/Ipsos found two-thirds of Americans ...

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling.

The Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa said his “main pastoral priority” was closeness to his priests, in ...