Father Joseph Thong Nguyen’s joyful personality belies a steely determination that was tested when he was arrested and beaten ...

He chose to address poverty, he pursued reconciliation in the church, and he believed in inclusion and compassion. He ...

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Francis never changed church doctrine on homosexuality or budged on the question of marriage. But he offered a revolutionary ...

Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

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While preaching the decentralization of church power, Pope Francis was not shy about using his office to enact top-down ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

People pray during a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on April ...

After signing the Book of Condolences at the Apostolic Nunciature on April 24, Geraldine Byrne Nason, the ambassador of ...

The priest believes the men were aged in their ... who took over from Knupfer, travelled to Washington to see him. Though he has no doubts but that the commission would honour confidentiality ...