For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

It is fitting that in these days when all eyes turn to Rome to watch the election of our new pope to have a selection of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

Saturday: Easter Vigil 8 p.m. Easter Sunday — Mass 7 and 10 a.m. San Vicente/San Roque Catholic Church ... Blessed Sacrament until midnight Good Friday: The Passion of the Lord; Seven Last ...

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has been called a reformer, outsider, influencer and modernizer. He was all of ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

What direction should the Catholic Church take under the next pope? The late pontiff’s emphasis on social and economic justice, advocacy for migrants and openness to debate on homosexuality and ...

As Holy Thursday evening Masses concluded throughout the Arlington diocese April 17, Catholics quietly sojourned to seven churches, visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the ... carried the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...