COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and poor governance.

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

A career diplomat who once served as nuncio to Venezuela, Parolin is above all ... for a firm Vatican stance toward Germany’s Catholic Church and its reform efforts, which he sees as a clear ...

Many Indigenous Catholics saw an ally in Pope Francis who championed their causes, asked forgiveness for the church’s ...

In Detroit, traditionalist Catholics were bracing for a crackdown. The promise of change in Rome offers them a sliver of hope ...

At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbols mingled at the altar as ...

The Feast of the Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.