About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Now Pope Leo XIV, the first American spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4bn Catholics, has picked a cleric of a very different ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An instrumental pillar of the progressive Catholic Church in Rochester will be laid to rest on Saturday morning. The community is invited to honor Father Jim Callan at his funeral ...

"I was blessed to have opportunities to meet with Pope Francis many times and was amazed by his warmth and compassion and sense of humor. I will always be amazed when I recall how he demonstrated that ...

He is American, born and raised in Chicago. He is a naturalized Peruvian, following decades of ministry there. He is an acolyte of the progressive Pope Francis — though he also holds more traditional ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy named Washington, D.C. archbishop following Archdiocese of Washington head Cardinal Wilton Gregory's resignation Monday. McElroy is among the most progressive-leaning and ...

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is both ecclesiastically and politically one of the most important Catholics in the United States, celebrated his 75th birthday last week. Per the church’s ...

Mr. Shenon, a former Washington and foreign correspondent for The Times, is the author of “Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church.” How will history judge Pope ...

Catholics and Protestants who saw Pope Francis as a guiding moral figure are losing their voice. By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham cover religion and faith. For 12 years ...

The papal conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor begins May 7 in the Vatican City. Screengrab from Getty Images/iStockphoto video As over 130 voting cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to ...