A longtime Vatican correspondent shares his insights on the legacy of Pope Francis, a populist leader who sought to bring the ...

In these roles, she's covered topics like housing ... rather than the more traditional papal apartments. The pope does not receive a salary. As the head of the Catholic Church, all of his needs ...

Douthat: I’m curious what stabilization looks like ... how does it all hold together? You’ve described something that is real. The vast diversity of the Catholic Church.

In 2010, nearly four out of every five of the Pope’s fellow Argentinians identified as Catholic; by 2020, that figure had dropped below 50 per cent. The future of Catholicism now looks like her ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Catholic Church must now begin the ... of becoming pope while Newsweek's aggregate of traditional bookmakers also gives him a 37 per ...

I’m not Catholic ... Can the church change? There’s an old joke: How many Catholics does it take to change a lightbulb? And they’re like: “Change? What do you mean change?

He was known for being driven around in unflashy cars and for making folksy gestures, like taking ... more traditional and more formal. SETH DOANE: In the long arc of the Church's history, how ...

Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa ...

He did not overcome the divisions in the church within the rich world. Rather, he troubled Catholic conservatives ... This Conclave is going to look like none we have seen before.

"Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor," he remarked. His last act as head of the Catholic Church was ... anything else would be vanity. "Look at the peacock," he said, "it's ...