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 ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage, lobby for ordaining women as priests or spark a liberal revolution in the Catholic Church. The pontiff, who died Monday at the age of 88, periodically ...

Pope Francis is being remembered for a progressive legacy because of his ... about the impact on the Catholic church. Vatican Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter Christopher White ...

For many in the Baptist denomination, Easter Sunday church service isn’t just a religious obligation but a homecoming. It becomes a community celebration, a gathering to honor—as many lovingly ...

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire and traditional approaches. By Jason Horowitz The cardinals who will ch ...

His papacy galvanized a traditionalist stream that had always existed in the American church, and that strengthened and expanded throughout his papacy as a tide of resistance rose in the American ...

Families in Lafayette Parish have a new option for language immersion in the fall. The World Languages Academy, a satellite pod of Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy, will welcome ...