The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected ...

NCR readers respond to stories about Bishop Robert Barron, the Church's role in American racism and Pope Francis' letter to ...

Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of an imminent death, ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict stepped down from the papacy, making him the first one to take such a step in six centuries. This ...

An Escambia County man is in jail after allegedly pushing over a concrete statue of Jesus at a Pensacola Catholic church, ...

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

The eyes of millions around the world are on Pope Francis who is reported to be in critical condition.

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...