Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.

As the Catholic Church looks to the future, the next pope will have to build upon Francis’s foundation — he will have to ...

Historic St. Mary's City, a Maryland-based museum and archaeological organization, is opening up a reconstructed 17th-century ...

But just outside town, on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River, conservative Catholicism is flourishing. Last year, the ...

The common practice in the modern Catholic Church is for the cardinals to choose a pope from among their own ranks, though this was not always the case. Conclaves will typically begin with a ...

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With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Could the Vatican Crown World’s First African Pope in Modern History | Firstpost Africa | N18G As tributes pour in for Pope ...

Ross Douthat: The death of Pope Francis ends, or at least temporarily suspends, a tumultuous period in the life of the world’s largest religious institution. A period where the pope was often pitted ...

So, while his 2013 election will certainly be viewed as a "tectonic shift," the efforts he made to refurbish the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the ...