I loved that Laudato Si' emphasized the shallow cruelty of the "throwaway culture" that dominates today's individualistic world. Nothing and no one is disposable to God, so why should we allow ...

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 ...

People visit the Baoding Catholic church in Baoding, China's northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images Reporter When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around ...

This Caravaggio masterpiece, along with “The Conversion of St. Matthew” and “The Martyrdom of St. Matthew,” hangs in the church of the congregation of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. The pope must ...

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 ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

The bureaucrats bristled at the Pope’s recent draconian moves: Since 2021, he'd slashed salaries for the Church’s 250-odd cardinals three times. In 2023, he nixed the rich housing subsidies ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the longest-serving pope. Pius IX, John Paul II, and Leo XIII also had long ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, age 88—a symbolic end following the Church’s holiest ... His feminism may have been framed in Catholic terms but extended into ...

In the wake of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, he exemplified this dedication by making daily phone calls to the Holy Family Church in Gaza - the only Catholic parish in the ...

How does the Catholic Church’s leadership affect the work of its orders, like CSJ? Well, simply put, there are what we call diocesan congregations and pontifical congregations. And the Sisters ...

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 ...