Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

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

At the heart of our inner quest, like swimming upstream against the turbulent current of daily information, the shared faith of the churches ... since Christians around the world agreed on that.

India has had a thriving community of Eastern Orthodox Christians, brought by Saint Thomas the Apostle to India.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican for Francis' funeral for a historic moment for the Catholic Church—and the ...

The world watched the funeral of Pope Francis, and Msgr. Richard Hilgartner from the Archdiocese of Baltimore explains the ...

While a conclave is unique from U.S. presidential elections, people often consider pope prospects as Republicans or ...

The president got a front-row seat to Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday. But that particular seat wasn’t the one that mattered ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

The Chester-based nonprofit organization funds worldwide charitable projects championed by the Holy Father in “reaching out ...

The Jesus Film Project ministry is gathering stories about personal encounters with Jesus taking place all over the world.

Pope Francis, I believe, tried to offer that same warmth. He never completely dismissed tradition, but he leaned toward ...