Pope Francis has chosen Rev. Monsignor Richard F. Reidy from the Diocese of Worcester, Mass. to fill the position. He is the ...

The pope has closely followed the response of U.S. prelates to the president's attacks on migrants and he expects them to ...

He completed his seminary studies at the Athenaeum of Ohio Mount Saint Mary Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained in ...

I felt the urge to watch 28 Days Later on Tuesday. In case you don’t recognize the title, it’s a 2002 movie about a man – Jim ...

Pope Francis appointed Edward Weisenburger to lead the 900,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit, where he will be the ...

Pope Francis addressed the bishops of the United States on Tuesday about the country’s ongoing mass deportation of immigrants ...

The pontiff addressed the topic of marriage’s indissolubility, or permanence, in a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, ...

But, first, what makes Francis so different from previous popes? It’s the backstory ... to lead the 1.4 billion members of the Roman Catholic Church, and so bought a return airline ticket ...

Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Donald ...

Pope Francis is also not the first pope to share ... But for readers, including the Roman Catholic faithful, Hope vividly recreates the colourful world where the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

"This is exactly what the Pope does not do." Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, has recently been more outspoken about Israel's military campaign against Palestinian ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13 ...