Pope Francis faced significant backlash from traditionalist factions within the Catholic Church due to his progressive ...

VATICAN CITY — As Amazonian bishops gathered at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2019, a man entered a nearby church after dawn and ...

Video. Catholic women filled the streets of Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, carrying a statue of the Virgin of Solitude to ...

The Pontiff was unable to deliver Easter Sunday prayers at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square but during a brief appearance he ...

Catholic women lead solemn Holy Week procession in Antigua Catholic women filled the streets of Antigua, Guatemala, on ...

Worshippers claim they saw the 'crying' statue at a Good Friday service, during Holy Week in the town of Aguas Claras, in Colombia, just days before Pope Francis I's death ...

The statute depicts a man seated on a bench “who appears to be a homeless person” carrying only two possessions: a full ...

Macon native Jeff Battcher said he was at the Vatican in November 2022, just feet away, when Pope Francis blessed the ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

If I told you that I visited Notre-Dame de Paris in March of this year and that, while there, I had begun to get this strange ...

Pope Francis’s tweaks are mostly focused on simplifying the ceremonies and eliminating unnecessary ornamentation. For example, he requested that the Vatican use just one coffin for the body of a ...

Both critics and followers agree the pope made significant, lasting changes to the Catholic Church and its role in the world.