A historic St. Paul church is condemned ahead of Easter weekend after it caught on fire due to what is believed to be a ...

Investigators suspect a lightning strike may have set a St. Paul church steeple ablaze Thursday evening, on the eve of Good Friday, which kicks off what is traditionally the busiest, most ...

At the historic St. Paul church where fire struck Thursday, the owner said Friday he’s trying to get the steeple secured so the sidewalk and roads around it can be reopened. William Hanson in ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled ...

This process is called a conclave, and it is how the Roman Catholic Church chooses its next pope after a previous pope dies or retires. Here’s what you need to know about the process.

Pope Francis often spoke of acceptance and compassion towards fellow men and worked to make the church a more welcoming place for women and the LGBTQ+ community. On Easter, during his last public ...

Francis' headlining changes were a softening of the Church's stance on homosexuality and contraception, an openness to women carrying out leadership positions within the church, and a rejection of ...

She did not want to speak to officers or be looked at by EMS. She said she was waiting on a call from the church to assist her. Suspicious circumstance: Sprague Road An off-duty officer advised ...

For the congregation of a tiny Roman Catholic church in Gaza, he was the voice on the other end of the phone every night, calling to check on them in wartime. "He used to call us at 7 p.m. every ...

Cardinals – senior church officials appointed by the pope – from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes between two and ...