Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

Members of the community gathered on the sand with congregants of the Laguna Beach United Methodist Church for an- Easter ...

The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil praises Pope Francis' special relationship with the Syro-Malabar Church, emphasizing ...

An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, ...

Some left their offices early to attend the evening mass, followed by special prayers held in memory of the late Pope. The church was filled ... and Holy Communion. After the mass, the ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

It is a beautiful church built in the style of early Spanish missions which pleases ... with worshipers in the common meal known as Communion, or as the Lord’s Supper. All baptized persons ...

In his homily, Bishop Oscar Cantú described Francis as a beacon of hope in a time of cynicism and disillusionment.

Many of the Fathers of the early Church recognized that our hands could be a “throne” for receiving holy Communion—the Lord, the King of Kings. To make a throne for the Lord with our hands ...