Kelly said Francis was “a great friend of the Knights of Columbus” who “encouraged our charity around the world” and “especially praised our humanitarian work in Ukraine, as well as our ...

The Chicago-born pope said that a gathering of young faithfuls in Rome was a "sign that a different world is possible." ...

Rome just wrapped the equivalent of a Catholic Woodstock, with its headliner the new American Pope.

Pope Leo greeted over 100,000 youth from 146 nations in Rome’s biggest Catholic event since his election. At Tor Vergata, amid 30°C heat, Leo urged young people to seek justice and serve the ...

Burch had been critical of decisions made by the late Pope Francis. The Chicago-based Catholic will serve as the first ambassador to the Holy See with the new American, also Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV.

Just a few meters from Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the Argentine city of La Plata stands the world’s largest mural dedicated to Pope Francis.

Burch, who lives in a Chicago suburb, is a co-founder of CatholicVote, a political organization that backed Trump for president.

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Detroit archbishop fires 3 conservative seminary professors who criticized Pope Francis This is the latest move by the new Detroit archbishop cracking down on conservative dissenters.

Pictured is the campus of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. Ralph Martin and Eduardo Echeverria, prominent theologians who taught there and who have criticized Pope Francis, have been fired ...

(RNS) — Participants from the US and Africa urged scientific and economic thinkers on climate to consider spiritual concepts raised in Laudato Si'.

The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid politics and focus on religious liberty and vocations.