Pope Francis, whose 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic ... worked in the family grocery store, played soccer and danced the tango. He attended church regularly with his ...

The state’s predominant church was building what they hoped would be Zion, while the Catholics planted parishes, schools and Holy Cross Hospital. Salt Lake City’s first Catholic bishop ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See ... set the Catholic Church on a crucial ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after ... with having set the Catholic Church on a crucial path ...

Some were fearful for friends and family; others mourned a new era in American ... To the side, workers readied fresh produce in boxes. The next day, on Holy Saturday, families lined up for meals ...